A quantitative explanation for the phenomenon known as storm-enhanced density

摘要: [1] This paper presents a quantitative explanation of storm-enhanced density (SED). The plasma's root origin lies in the fully sunlit equatorial ionosphere where penetrating zonal electric field drives plasma upward so fast that it cannot recombine. This spills over into anomaly and then is driven poleward by field. However, extend dayside due to high conductivity flow stagnates, causing build up narrow channel along dusk terminator convection pattern. It remarkable finds its way polar cap from daytime equator. We believe this structure connected plasmaspheric tails reported literature.