The earth's ring current: present situation and future thrusts.
Abstract
The author surveys briefly the ring current situation of a few years ago, presents new composition results covering the entire ring current population, shows a radial profile of the currents responsible for Dst, discusses experimental results pertaining to ring current generation and decay, and presents a new approach for obtaining a global picture of ring current development and its dynamics.
- Publication:
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Physica Scripta Volume T
- Pub Date:
- 1987
- DOI:
- 10.1088/0031-8949/1987/T18/015
- Bibcode:
- 1987PhST...18..140W
- Keywords:
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- Ionospheric Currents;
- Particle Diffusion;
- Ring Currents;
- Solar Terrestrial Interactions;
- Ampte (Satellites);
- Atmospheric Models;
- Electromagnetic Wave Transmission;
- Particle Density (Concentration);
- Geophysics;
- Earth Magnetosphere:Currents