Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Waves

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Abstract

Feedback between the coupled ionosphere and low-altitude magnetosphere gives rise to 'ionosphere-magnetosphere' waves. Understanding these waves and their properties is extremely valuable for interpretation of coupled magnetosphere-ionosphere dynamics, and provides insight, for example, into widening of downward current channels via E-region depletion and the origin of small-scale Alfven waves in large-scale current systems. Here, we present simulations that show the properties of these waves, and analytic results that describe them.
Original languageEnglish
JournalAmerican Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2010
Volume24
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2010

Keywords

  • 2431 IONOSPHERE / Ionosphere/magnetosphere interactions
  • 2437 IONOSPHERE / Ionospheric dynamics
  • 2736 MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS / Magnetosphere/ionosphere interactions
  • 2752 MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS / MHD waves and instabilities

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