Milan, Stephen E., Carter, Jennifer Alyson, Sangha, Harneet, Laundal, Karl M., Østgaard, Nikolai, Tenfjord, Paul, Reistad, Jone Peter, Snekvik, Kristian, Coxon, John, Korth, Haje and Anderson, Brian J. (2018) Timescales of Dayside and Nightside Field-Aligned Current Response to Changes in Solar Wind-Magnetosphere Coupling. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 123 (9). pp. 7307-7319. ISSN 2169-9380
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Abstract
Principal component analysis is performed on Birkeland or field-aligned current (FAC) measurements from the Active Magnetosphere and Planetary Electrodynamics Response Experiment, to determine the response of dayside and nightside FACs to reversals in the orientation of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) and the occurrence of substorms. Dayside FACs respond promptly to changes in IMF BY, but the nightside response is delayed by up to an hour and can take up to 4 hr to develop fully, especially during northward IMF. Nightside FAC asymmetries grow during substorm growth phase when the IMF has a significant BY component, and also promptly at substorm onset. Our findings suggest that magnetotail twisting and/or BY penetration into the magnetotail, due to subsolar reconnection with east-west orientated IMF, are the main cause of these nightside FAC asymmetries and that asymmetries also arise due to magnetotail reconnection of these twisted field lines.
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| Additional Information: | Funding Information: S. E. M. and J. A. C. were supported by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), UK, grant ST/N000749/1; H. S. was supported by a STFC studentship. The work at the Birkeland Centre for Space Centre, University of Bergen, Norway, was supported by the Research Council of Norway/CoE under contract 223252/F50. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | currents, ionosphere, magnetosphere |
| Subjects: | F500 Astronomy F600 Geology F800 Physical and Terrestrial Geographical and Environmental Sciences |
| Department: | Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering |
| Depositing User: | Rachel Branson |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Feb 2022 15:05 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Feb 2022 15:15 |
| URI: | http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/48547 |
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