Latitudinal variation of perturbation electric fields during magnetically disturbed periods - 1986 Sundial observations and model results

Details Latitudinal variation of perturbation electric fields during magnetically disturbed periods - 1986 Sundial observations and model results Latitudinal variation of perturbation electric fields during magnetically disturbed periods - 1986 Sundial observations and model results

Jun 1990

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Annales Geophysicae (ISSN 0992-7689), vol. 8, June 1990, p. 441-454.

Physics

117

Electric Fields, F Region, Ionospheric Disturbances, Ionospheric Drift, Magnetic Disturbances, Atmospheric Models, Geomagnetic Latitude, Incoherent Scatter Radar, Ionosondes, Magnetometers

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F-region incoherent scatter radar drift observations from Millstone Hill and Jicamarca, h-prime F observations from Huancayo, and high latitude ground-magnetometer measurements taken during the Sundial 1986 campaign are used to study the relationship between plasmaspheric electric field perturbations and high latitude currents during disturbed periods. The observations are in good agreement with numerical results from a Rice Covection Model run that involved a sharp increase in the polar cap potential drop followed by a subsequent decrease. The zonal disturbance electric field pattern is latitude independent, and the corresponding amplitudes change approximately as L exp n (where n is about 1.5). The meridional electric field patterns and amplitudes have larger latitudinal variations. The mid-, low, and equatorial electric fields from the Rice Convection Model are in good agreement with previous results from the semianalytic, Senior-Blanc (1987) model. Also discussed are three physical mechanisms (over-shielding, fossil winds, and magnetic reconfiguration) that contribute to the long lasting (1-2 h) equatorial zonal electric field perturbations associated with a sudden northward turning of the IMF. It is predicted that the penetration of high latitude electric fields to low latitudes should, in general, be closely related to the rate of motion of the shielding layer and the equatorward edge of the diffuse aurora.

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