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    Response of convection electric fields in the magnetosphere to IMF orientation change

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    Date Issued
    2009
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    10.1029/2009JA014277
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    Nishimura, Y.
    Kikuchi, T.
    Wygant, J.
    Shinbori, A.
    Ono, T.
    Matsuoka, A.
    Nagatsuma, T.
    Brautigam, D.
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    Nishimura, Y., T. Kikuchi, J. Wygant, A. Shinbori, T. Ono, A. Matsuoka, T. Nagatsuma, and D. Brautigam (2009), Response of convection electric fields in the magnetosphere to IMF orientation change, J. Geophys. Res., 114, A09206, doi:10.1029/2009JA014277.
    Abstract
    [1] The transient response of convection electric fields in the inner magnetosphere to southward turning of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) is investigated using in‐situ electric field observations by the CRRES and Akebono spacecraft. Electric fields earthward of the inner edge of the electron plasma sheet show quick responses simultaneously with change in ionospheric electric fields, which indicates the arrival of the first signal related to southward turning. A coordinated observation of the electric field by the CRRES and Akebono spacecraft separated by 5 RE reveals a simultaneous increase in the dawn‐dusk electric field in a wide region of the inner magnetosphere. A quick response associated with the southward turning of the IMF is also identified in in‐situ magnetic fields. It indicates that the southward turning of the IMF initiates simultaneous (less than 1 min) enhancements of ionospheric electric fields, convection electric fields in the inner magnetosphere, and the ring or tail current and region 2 FACs. In contrast, a quick response of convection electric fields is not identified in the electron plasma sheet. A statistical study using 161 events of IMF orientation change in 1991 confirms a prompt response within 5 min for 80% of events earthward of the electron plasma sheet, while a large time lag of more than 30 min is identified in electric fields in the electron plasma sheet. The remarkable difference in the response of electric fields indicates that electric fields in the electron plasma sheet are weakened by high conductance in the magnetically conjugated auroral ionosphere.
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