SOLAR PLASMA WIND, EARTH CURRENTS AND DIURNAL MAGNETIC-FIELD VARIATIONS.

Abstract

Mead has derived the diurnal magnetic-field variations caused by the solar plasma wind under the assumption of a resting magnetosphere Corotation of the magnetosphere with the earth and deformation by the solar plasma wind lead to hydromagnetic processes in the magnetosphere. The accompanying electric field strength causes earth currents, which enhance the variations of the diurnal magnetic field and make them better agreeing with observed variations. Land-sea effects are briefly discussed. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0623681

Entities

People

  • H. Poeverlein

Organizations

  • Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Electric Fields
  • Electricity
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Magnetosphere
  • Telluric Currents

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Plasma Physics.
  • Solar Physics