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Large‐amplitude electric fields in the inner magnetosphere: Van Allen Probes observations of subauroral polarization streams
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2016
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Source: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 121(6), 5294-5306
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Journal Title:Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
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Description:The subauroral polarization stream (SAPS) is an important magnetosphere-ionosphere (MI) coupling phenomenon that impacts a range of particle populations in the inner magnetosphere. SAPSstudies often emphasize ionospheric signatures of fast westward flows, but the equatorial magnetosphere is also affected through strong radial electric fields in the dusk sector. This study focuses on a period of steady southward interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) during the 29 June 2013 geomagnetic storm where the Van Allen Probes observe a region of intense electric fields near the plasmapause over multiple consecutive outbound duskside passes. We show that the large-amplitude electric fields near the equatorial plane are consistent with SAPS by investigating the relationship between plasma sheet ion and electron boundaries,
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Source:Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 121(6), 5294-5306
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ISSN:2169-9380;2169-9402;
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