A Case Study of Energy Deposition and Absorption by Magnetic Cloud Electrons and Protons over the High Latitude Stations: Effects on the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere

• Main Authors: Olakunle Ogunjobi, Venkataraman Sivakumar, Nkanyiso Mbatha
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2014
• Subjects: Magnetic Cloud; Precipitation; MLT region; Absorption; Energy deposition; L shell; Geology; QE1-996.5; Geophysics. Cosmic physics; QC801-809; SANAE; SANAE IV; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/8dc347bd992e49b3981ae8946547b6cd

Several possible characteristics of magnetic clouds (MCs) have been discussed in the literature, but none appears to explain all the effects from accumulated observations. MC characteristics range from low proton temperature and plasma beta, to high magnetic field magnitude, to smooth rotation in th...