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Magnetospheric signatures of ionospheric density cavities observed by Cluster

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03/2015
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Russell, Alexander John Barkway
Karlsson, Tomas
Wright, Andrew Nicholas
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Abstract
We present Cluster measurements of large amplitude electric fields corre- lated with intense downward field-aligned currents, observed during a nightside crossing of the auroral zone. The data are reproduced by a simple model of magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling which, under different conditions, can also produce a divergent electric field signature in the downward current region, or correlation between the electric and perturbed magnetic fields. We conclude that strong electric field associated with intense downward field-aligned current, such as this observation, is a signature of ionospheric plasma depletion caused by the downward current. It is also shown that the electric field in the downward current region correlates with downward current density if a background field is present, e.g. due to magnetospheric convection.
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Russell , A J B , Karlsson , T & Wright , A N 2015 , ' Magnetospheric signatures of ionospheric density cavities observed by Cluster ' , Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics , vol. 120 , no. 3 , pp. 1876-1887 . https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JA020937
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Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
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Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JA020937
ISSN
2169-9402
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Journal article
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©2015. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.
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AJBR ackowledges support from STFC under consolidated grant ST/K000993/1.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/7509

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