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https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-33-1369-2015
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10 Nov 2015
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| 10 Nov 2015
Defining and resolving current systems in geospace
N. Y. Ganushkina
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Earth Observations Department, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
M. W. Liemohn
Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
S. Dubyagin
Earth Observations Department, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
I. A. Daglis
Department of Physics, University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis Zografou, 15784 Athens, Greece
I. Dandouras
Astrophysics and Planetary Science Research Institute, CNRS/University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France
D. L. De Zeeuw
Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Y. Ebihara
Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto, Japan
R. Ilie
Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
R. Katus
Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
M. Kubyshkina
Institute of Physics, University of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russia
S. E. Milan
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Birkeland Centre for Space Science, Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
S. Ohtani
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, USA
N. Ostgaard
Birkeland Centre for Space Science, Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
J. P. Reistad
Birkeland Centre for Space Science, Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
P. Tenfjord
Birkeland Centre for Space Science, Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
F. Toffoletto
Physics and Astronomy Department, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA
S. Zaharia
ISR-1 Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
O. Amariutei
Earth Observations Department, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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Short summary
A number of current systems exist in the Earth's magnetosphere. It is very difficult to identify local measurements as belonging to a specific current system. Therefore, there are different definitions of supposedly the same current, leading to unnecessary controversy. This study presents a robust collection of these definitions of current systems in geospace, particularly in the near-Earth nightside magnetosphere, as viewed from a variety of observational and computational analysis techniques.
A number of current systems exist in the Earth's magnetosphere. It is very difficult to identify...
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