A Model of the Auroral Electrojet Dynamics Based on Planetary K-Index


Ökten M. B., Can Z.

URSI GASS 2023, Sapporo, Japan, 19 - 26 August 2023, pp.1-4

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
  • City: Sapporo
  • Country: Japan
  • Page Numbers: pp.1-4
  • Yıldız Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The solar wind-magnetosphere coupling and the magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling form a current system, also known as an electrojet. The current system formed in the auroral regions during the main phase of geomagnetic storms is a phenomenon called auroral electrojet. In this research, the number density, temperature, and velocity of the auroral electrojet electrons were calculated theoretically by relating them to the Planetary K-index, a measure of the disturbance in the Earth's magnetic field.