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Penetration Jet

A Strong Polarization Electric Field forms in Low-Conductivity Region between the Inner Edge of the Plasmasheet Precipitation and the Plasmapause. Plasmapause. Penetration Jet. Trough. Penetration Jet. DMSP F15 6 April 2000 21 MLT.

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Penetration Jet

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  1. A Strong Polarization Electric Field forms in Low-Conductivity Region between the Inner Edge of the Plasmasheet Precipitation and the Plasmapause Plasmapause Penetration Jet Trough Penetration Jet DMSP F15 6 April 2000 21 MLT Plasmapause Plasmasheet

  2. Millstone Hill M-I Coupling:Ring Current -Plasmasphere Interactions

  3. Penetration Jet • Strong Stormtime Electric Fields appear between the plasmasheet and the plasmapause • Statistical Studies indicate the Persistence and Predictability of the Penetration Jet • Storm Enhanced Density is formed where the Penetration Jet overlaps the Plasmasphere • Polarization Electric Fields Structure the Outer Plasmasphere forming Plasmaspheric Tails

  4. Millstone Hill Radar Scans Span Auroral and Penetration Jet Convection 20-Year Database used to Determine Statistical Features

  5. Statistical Patterns • Poleward-Directed Electric Field Spans the Midnight Sector Equatorward of the Auroral Two-Cell Convection Pattern

  6. PJ Overlaps Outer Plasmasphere March 31, 2001DMSP F13

  7. Effects of Penetrating Electric Fields • Cross-tail electric fields energize and inject particles into the inner magnetosphere forming the disturbance Ring Current • Penetrating electric fields uplift and perturb the Plasmasphere and low-latitude ionosphere • Storm-Enhanced Density (SED) and detached plasmas are formed as the Penetration Jet overlaps the outer plasmasphere • Injected Energetic Ions are Destabilized in Regions of Enhanced Plasma Density

  8. Radial E Field Eastward Penetration Electric Field Uplifts Equatorial Ionosphere Penetration JetStrips Away Outer Plasmasphere Dual Effects of Penetrating Electric Fields Detached Plasmaspheric Regions Penetration Electric FieldUplifts Equatorial Ionosphere Polarization JetStrips Away Outer Plasmasphere

  9. GPS Map of TEC July 15, 2000 22:15 UT Plumes & Blobs of Storm-Enhanced DensitySweep across Mid Latitudes Penetration Jet Enhancement and Poleward Expansion ofEquatorial Anomaly

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