Electric field effects on ionospheric and thermospheric parameters above the EISCAT station for summer conditions |
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| Authors: | V V Klimenko Yu N Korenkov M Förster |
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| Institution: | (1) West Department of IZMIRAN, Kaliningrad Observatory, Academy of Sciences, Russia;(2) GeoForschungsZentrum, Projektbereich 2.3, Telegrafenberg, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany |
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| Abstract: | Numerical calculations of the thermospheric and ionospheric parameters above EISCAT are presented for quiet geomagnetic conditions in summer. The Global Self-consistent Model of the Thermosphere, Ionosphere and Protonosphere (GSM TIP) was used. The numerical results were obtained both with a self-consistent calculation of the electric fields of magnetospheric and dynamo-action origin and with the magnetospheric electric fields only. It was found that the dynamo-electric field has some effect on the ionospheric convection pattern during quiet geomagnetic conditions. It has a marked effect mainly on the zonal neutral wind component above EISCAT (±20m/s at 140 km altitude). We have studied the effects of various field-aligned current (FAC) distributions on thermosphere/ionosphere parameters and we show that a qualitative agreement can be obtained with region-I and -II FAC zones at 75° and 65° geomagnetic latitude, respectively. The maximum FAC intensities have been assumed at 03–21 MLT for both regions with peak values of 2.5 × 10–7 Am–2 (region I) and 1.25 × 10–7 A m–2 (region II). These results are in agreement with statistical potential distribution and FAC models constructed by use of EISCAT data. The lack of decreased electron density in the night-time sector as observed by the EISCAT radar was found to be due to the spatial distribution of ionospheric convection resulting from electric fields of magnetospheric origin. |
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| Keywords: | Electric fields and currents Ionosphere-atmosphere interactions Modelling and forecasting |
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