@InProceedings{LopezGonz:2017:ExChCu,
author = "Lopez, Ramon E. and Gonzalez Alarcon, Walter Dem{\'e}trio",
affiliation = "{University of Texas at Arlington} and {Instituto Nacional de
Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)}",
title = "The external chapman-ferraro current",
booktitle = "Proceedings...",
year = "2017",
organization = "AGU Fall Meeting",
abstract = "The Chapman-Ferraro current flows along the magnetopause and
seperates the geomagnetic field from the interplanetary magnetic
field (IMF) in the magnetosheath. In this presentation we discuss
the fact that except in the case of purely northward or zero IMF,
a portion of the Chapman-Ferraro current must flow in the
magnetosheath. We will present THEMIS observations of the external
Chapman-Ferraro current and discuss how the distrubition of the
current affects force balance and the dissipation of solar wind
energy for different solar wind conditions. We will also examine
the issue of current closure for the external Chapman-Ferraro
current, and compare the observed current densities at the
magnetopause to observations of the current density on the bow
shock.",
conference-location = "New Orleans",
conference-year = "11-15 Dec.",
language = "en",
targetfile = "lopez_external.pdf",
urlaccessdate = "28 mar. 2024"
}