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Keywords

  • super plasma fountain
  • ionisation anomaly

Index Terms

  • Ionosphere: Equatorial ionosphere
  • Ionosphere: Ionospheric disturbances
  • Ionosphere: Ionosphere/magnetosphere interactions
  • Ionosphere: Modeling and forecasting
Abstract
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Abstract

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 114, A03310, 10 PP., 2009
doi:10.1029/2008JA013768

Super plasma fountain and equatorial ionization anomaly during penetration electric field

N. Balan

Control and Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

K. Shiokawa

Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

Y. Otsuka

Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

S. Watanabe

Earth and Planetary Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

G. J. Bailey

Applied Mathematics, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

Relative importance of diffusion, electric field, and neutral wind on equatorial plasma fountain and equatorial ionization anomaly (EIA) during a strong daytime eastward prompt penetration electric field (PPEF) event are evaluated using the Sheffield University Plasmasphere Ionosphere Model and the recorded PPEF during the super geomagnetic storm of 9 November 2004. The fountain rapidly develops into a super fountain during the PPEF event. The super fountain becomes strong with less poleward turning of the velocity vectors in the presence of an equatorward wind that reduces (or stops) the downward velocity component due to diffusion and raises the ionosphere to high altitudes of reduced chemical loss. The EIA crests in peak electron density and total electron content shift rapidly to higher than normal latitudes during the PPEF event. However, the crests become stronger than normal only in the presence of an equatorward wind. The results suggest that the presence of an equatorward neutral wind is required to produce a strong positive ionospheric storm during a daytime eastward PPEF event. The equatorward neutral wind need not be a storm time wind though stronger wind can lead to stronger ionospheric storms.

Received 24 September 2008; accepted 30 January 2009; published 21 March 2009.

Citation: Balan, N., K. Shiokawa, Y. Otsuka, S. Watanabe, and G. J. Bailey (2009), Super plasma fountain and equatorial ionization anomaly during penetration electric field, J. Geophys. Res., 114, A03310, doi:10.1029/2008JA013768.

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