Quantifying the relationship between the plasmapause and the inner boundary of small-scale field-aligned currents, as deduced from Swarm observations

This paper presents a statistical study of the equatorward boundary of small-scale field-aligned currents (SSFACs) and investigates the relation between this boundary and the plasmapause (PP). The PP data used for validation were derived from in situ electron density observations of NASA's...

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Main Authors: B. Heilig, H. Lühr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2018-04-01
Series:Annales Geophysicae
Online Access:https://www.ann-geophys.net/36/595/2018/angeo-36-595-2018.pdf