Statistical characteristics of electromagnetic energy transfer between the magnetosphere, the ionosphere, and the thermosphere

Details Statistical characteristics of electromagnetic energy transfer between the magnetosphere, the ionosphere, and the thermosphere Statistical characteristics of electromagnetic energy transfer between the magnetosphere, the ionosphere, and the thermosphere

Feb 1999

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999jgr...104.2357f&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 104, Issue A2, p. 2357-2366

Physics

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Ionosphere: Ionosphere/Magnetosphere Interactions, Ionosphere: Ionosphere/Atmosphere Interactions, Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Thermosphere-Energy Deposition, Ionosphere: Electric Fields

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We have determined, based on 28 days of European Incoherent Scatter Common Program 1 mode I data obtained between 1989 and 1991, statistical characteristics of the energy-coupling processes between the lower thermosphere, ionosphere, and magnetosphere through an analysis of the electromagnetic energy transfer rate J.E, the Joule heating rate J.E', and the mechanical energy transfer rate U.(J×B) at altitudes of 125, 117, 109, and 101 km. At all altitudes the input electromagnetic energy is distributed to both Joule heating and mechanical energy. The energy distributed to Joule heating is larger than that to mechanical energy, but the latter is generally not negligible. All three rates respectively have two maxima, not in the midnight region but in the dawn and dusk. The enhancements of these rates have positive correlations with the increase of geomagnetic activity represented by the Kp index. The electromagnetic energy transfer rate is greatest at 117 km, becoming smaller with decreasing altitude. It is mostly positive but can be negative. At 117 km the mechanical energy transfer rate is considerably smaller than the electromagnetic energy transfer rate, suggesting that most of the electromagnetic energy at this altitude is converted to Joule heating and a small portion of the electromagnetic energy goes to mechanical energy. At 125 km the mechanical energy transfer rate is larger than that at 117 km. On average, 65% of the input electromagnetic energy is converted to Joule heating and 35% is converted to neutral mechanical energy. At 109 and 101 km altitude the mechanical energy transfer rate becomes negative, hence the Joule heating rate is greater than the electromagnetic energy transfer rate, suggesting that not only electromagnetic energy but also mechanical energy contribute to Joule heating.

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