Relationship between large-scale ionospheric field-aligned currents and electron/ion precipitations: DMSP observations

Abstract In this study, we have derived field-aligned currents (FACs) from magnetometers onboard the Defense Meteorological Satellite Project (DMSP) satellites. The magnetic latitude versus local time distribution of FACs from DMSP shows comparable dependences with previous findings on the intensity...

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Main Authors: Chao Xiong, Claudia Stolle, Patrick Alken, Jan Rauberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-10-01
Series:Earth, Planets and Space
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40623-020-01286-z