Active Experiments/Electric Fields
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This grant will support a study of several effects of                      magnetic field aligned or Birkeland electric currents.  The                     projects begin with a standard model magnetosphere to which                     various Birkeland current systems will be added.  The first                     additions will involve typical simplified auroral current                       systems.  Then several actual current patterns which are derived                from specific radar and ground magnetometer measurements will be                added.  The purpose of this part of the project is to study                     distortions in the direction and magnitude of electric fields as                they are projected from the ionosphere to the outer magnetosphere               in the presence of Birkeland currents.                                               The next portion of the study involves the formation of                    magnetic flux tubes.  These tubes are generated by perturbation                 magnetic fields that are driven by the Birkeland currents.  Such                tubes may be of special importance near the westward traveling                  surge of an auroral substorm, near small bright auroral spots,                  and over the polar caps.                                                             Finally, a preliminary study of induced electric fields that               are associated with the diversion of cross tail electric currents               to the ionosphere during a magnetic storm will be initiated.                         The overall aim is to study the way in which electric                      currents modify the near earth environment.
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{'Code': '5750', 'Text': 'MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS'}
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