The electric current approach in the solar–terrestrial relationship

Akasofu, Syun-Ichi

doi:10.5194/angeo-35-965-2017

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Syun-Ichi Akasofu

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Short summary

The sequence of phenomena consisting of solar flares, coronal mass ejections (CMEs), auroral substorm, and geomagnetic storms is mostly a manifestation of electromagnetic energy dissipation. Thus, first of all, it is natural to consider each of them in terms of a sequence of power supply (dynamo), power transmission (electric currents/circuits), and dissipation (mostly observed phenomena), i.e., as an input–output process and the electric current line approach.