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Equatorial Counterelectrojetsduring Substorms, T. Kikuchi, K. Hashimoto, T. I. Kitamura, H. Tachihara, Bela G. Fejer
Equatorial Counterelectrojetsduring Substorms, T. Kikuchi, K. Hashimoto, T. I. Kitamura, H. Tachihara, Bela G. Fejer
Bela G. Fejer
[1] Equatorial counterelectrojet (CEJ) events are analyzed in association with changes in the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF), polar cap potential (PCP), and electric field measured in the equatorial ionosphere. In one event on 16 July 1995, the equatorial CEJ was observed at the afternoon dip equator during the recovery phase of the substorm when the IMF turned northward. Rapid decreases in the PCP and in the auroral electrojet occurred simultaneously with the equatorial CEJ, suggesting instantaneous equatorward penetration of the rapid decrease in the electric field associated with the region 1 field-aligned currents (R1 FACs) under the condition of a …