Influence of longitudinal currents on the ionosphere of the auroral zone.
Abstract
An investigation is presented of the effect of longitudinal currents on the electron density in the auroral E-region; this effect is manifested in variations of the frequency of penetration of sporadic E layers under the action of longitudinal currents. The effect of longitudinal currents is considered in relation to three phenomena: steady-state magnetospheric convection, the azimuthal component of the interplanetary magnetic field, and the Harang discontinuity.
- Publication:
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Geomagnetism and Aeronomy
- Pub Date:
- June 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981Ge&Ae..21..549K
- Keywords:
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- Auroral Zones;
- E Region;
- Ionospheric Currents;
- Ionospheric Electron Density;
- Atmospheric Electricity;
- Interplanetary Magnetic Fields;
- Magnetospheric Electron Density;
- Space Plasmas;
- Geophysics;
- Earth Ionosphere