Observations of ionospheric flux ropes above South PoleNumerical techniques have been used to investigate two different models of the current flow in ionospheric flux ropes, giving attention to the problem of mapping the electric field from the ionosphere down to balloon altitudes and to the isolated event that occurred at about 1625 UT on January 3, 1986. Also examined are Greenland magnetometer chain and Iqaluit magnetometer data, which imply that the isolated event was localized in longitude as well as 'global', in the sense that it occurred at conjugate points. IMP 8 solar wind plasma and IMF data indicate that the even occurred just as a strong southward turning of the IMF passed the earth.
Document ID
19920048648
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Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Lin, Z. M. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Benbrook, J. R. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Bering, E. A. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Byrne, G. J. (Houston, University TX, United States)
Friis-Christensen, E. (Danish Meteorological Institute Copenhagen, Denmark)
Liang, D. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Liao, B. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Theall, J. (Houston, University TX, United States)