supported by the KIP Pilot Project of the Chinese Academy of Scineces(KZCX2-YW-123);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41004072,41031065,41074106,41074117,40974090,40874088 and 40831061);the National Basic Research Program of China(2011CB811405)
It is believed that a southward interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) is mainly responsible for the energy input from solar wind into the magnetosphere.This paper presents an unusual case of strong anti-sunward plasma f...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(2006CB806305);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(40874088 and 40890163);the Special Fund for Public Welfare Industry(GYHY200806072);State-level Public Welfar Scientific Research Ccourtyard Basic Scentific Research Operation Cost(058904)
Using the east-west geomagnetic disturbance fields observed from stations at mid-latitudes,we investigate the characteristics of field-aligned currents on the nightside during the April 6,2000 superstorm.The results i...