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Effects Of Magnetospheric Precipitation And Ionospheric Conductivity On The Ground Magnetic Signatures Of Traveling Convection Vortices, Lie Zhu, Robert W. Schunk, Jan Josef Sojka
Effects Of Magnetospheric Precipitation And Ionospheric Conductivity On The Ground Magnetic Signatures Of Traveling Convection Vortices, Lie Zhu, Robert W. Schunk, Jan Josef Sojka
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By using an improved TCV model (Zhu et al., 1997), a quantitative study of the effects of magnetospheric precipitation and ionospheric background conductivity on the ground magnetic signatures of traveling convection vortices (TCVs) has been conducted. In this study the localized conductivity enhancement associated with the TCVs is present and the ratio of the Hall and Pedersen conductances vary both spatially and temporally according to the hardness of the TCV precipitation. It is found that a strong conductivity enhancement associated with hard TCV precipitation can significantly distort the TCV current closure in the ionosphere and lead to ground magnetic disturbance …