Data · dataset · 2026
Relative contributions of field-aligned currents and particle precipitation to Inter-Hemispheric Asymmetry at high latitudes during the 2015 St. Patrick's Day storm
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High latitude upper atmospheric inter-hemispheric asymmetry (IHA) tends to be enhanced during geomagnetic storms, which may be due to the complex spatiotemporal changes and magnitude modifications in field aligned currents (FACs) and particle precipitation (PP).
Description
However, the relative contribution of FACs and PP to IHA in high-latitude forcing and energy is not well understood. The IHA during the 2015 St.
Patrick's Day storm has been investigated using the global ionosphere thermosphere model (GITM), driven by FACs from the Active Magnetosphere and Planetary Electrodynamics Response Experiment (AMPERE) and PP from the Assimilative Mapping of Ionospheric Electrodynamics (AMIE). A comprehensive study of the (a) relative contributions of FACs and PP to electric potential and Joule heating and (b) sensitivity of electric potential and Joule heating to the changes in magnitude and distribution of FACs and PP is presented.
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The results indicate that FACs lead to larger potential and Joule heating changes compared with PP. The spatial variations of potential and Joule heating are also affected by variation in FACs. As for asymmetric magnitude and distribution, it is found that electric potential and Joule heating are more sensitive to changes in the distribution of FACs and PP than the magnitude of FACs and PP.
A new spatial asymmetry index (SAI) is introduced, which reveals spatial asymmetric details that are often overlooked by previous studies. This sensitivity study reveals the relative contributions in high-latitude forcing and emphasizes the importance of obtaining accurate FACs and PP in both hemispheres.
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- Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science
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- Atmospheric sciences 69%
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