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The Polar Wind Modulated by the Spatial Inhomogeneity of the Strength of the Earth's Magnetic Field

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Li,  Kun
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Förster,  M.
1.1 Space Geodetic Techniques, 1.0 Geodesy, Departments, GFZ Publication Database, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;

Rong,  Zhaojin
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Haaland,  Stein
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Kronberg,  Elena
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Cui,  Jun
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Chai,  Lihui
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Wei,  Yong
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Li, K., Förster, M., Rong, Z., Haaland, S., Kronberg, E., Cui, J., Chai, L., Wei, Y. (2020): The Polar Wind Modulated by the Spatial Inhomogeneity of the Strength of the Earth's Magnetic Field. - Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 125, 4, e2020JA027802.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JA027802


Zitierlink: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_5001735
Zusammenfassung
When the geomagnetic field is weak, the small mirror force allows precipitating charged particles to deposit energy in the ionosphere. This leads to an increase in ionospheric outflow from the Earth's polar cap region, but such an effect has not been previously observed because the energies of the ions of the polar ionospheric outflow are too low, making it difficult to detect the low‐energy ions with a positively charged spacecraft. In this study, we found an anticorrelation between ionospheric outflow and the strength of the Earth's magnetic field. Our results suggest that the electron precipitation through the polar rain can be a main energy source of the polar wind during periods of high levels of solar activity. The decreased magnetic field due to spatial inhomogeneity of the Earth's magnetic field and its effect on outflow can be used to study the outflow in history when the magnetic field was at similar levels.