Annales Geophysicae
Annales Geophysicae
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Articles | Volume 38, issue 5
Articles | Volume 38, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-38-1019-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-38-1019-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 38, issue 5
Regular paper
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24 Sep 2020
Regular paper |  | 24 Sep 2020

Entangled dynamos and Joule heating in the Earth's ionosphere

Stephan C. Buchert

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Winds in the Earth's upper atmosphere cause magnetic and electric variations both at the ground and in space all over the Earth. According to the model of entangled dynamos the true cause is wind differences between regions in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres that are connected by the Earth's dipole-like magnetic field. The power produced in the southern dynamo heats the northern upper atmosphere and vice versa. The dynamos exist owing to this entanglement, an analogy to quantum mechanics.
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