Three dimensional ionospheric currents and field aligned currents generated by asymmetrical dynamo action in the ionosphere

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1982-02
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  • 10.1016/0021-9169(82)90122-2
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Elsevier BV

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Abstract Three dimensional ionospheric currents and field aligned currents generated by asymmetrical ionospheric dynamo are calculated self-consistently, using the assumption of infinite parallel conductivity. Tidal winds of (1, −2) mode, which are generally accepted as a main cause of Sq fields, are adopted as a wind model. Variation in universal time (UT) is examined by considering the discordance between conductivity and wind distribution, which are assumed to follow the geographic coordinate system, and geomagnetic dipole field. Observed UT variation of Sq current system is partly reproduced by our calculation. Calculation for solstice condition is performed by shifting conductivity distribution by 23.5° in latitude. Height integrated westward currents are much smaller in the winter hemisphere than in the summer hemisphere, though eastward currents are not so different in both hemispheres. This unbalance is compensated by the field aligned currents mainly from summer to winter hemisphere in the morning and vice versa in the afternoon. In both above asymmetric cases, structure of the equatorial electrojet is almost symmetric with respect to the equator. Total field aligned currents are rather large and comparable to currents in the ionosphere.

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