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Geospace concussion: Global reversal of ionospheric vertical plasma drift in response to a sudden commencement

Listed in National Center for Atmospheric Research

An interplanetary shock can abruptly compress the magnetosphere, excite magnetospheric waves and field-aligned currents, and cause a ground magnetic response known as a sudden commencement (SC).

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However, the transient ( x (B) over right arrow vertical drift is caused by a global reversal of ionospheric zonal electric field induced by magnetospheric compression during the SC.

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