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Vennerstrom et al. 1984
Vennerstrom, S., Friis-Christensen, E., Jorgensen, T.S., Clauer, C.R. and Wickwar, V.B. (1984). Ionospheric currents and F-region plasma boundaries near the dayside cusp. Geophysical Research Letters 11: doi: 10.1029/GL011i009p00903. issn: 0094-8276.

Observational evidence of the location of a dayside high-latitude ionospheric current (DPY current) with respect to the different regimes of the high-latitude magnetosphere is obtained by analyzing data from the magnetometer chain along the west coast of Greenland in conjunction with simultaneous measurements from the newly established incoherent-scatter radar facility at Sondre Stromfjord. The latitudinal location of the DPY current is compared with the location of the maximum F-region electron temperature and with the location of the plasma convection reversal from sunward to antisunward. The maximum in the F-region electron temperature roughly coincides with the velocity reversal boundary, while the DPY current is always located more poleward, penetrating deep into the polar cap. When UT variations are examined, a correlation of 70 to 80 percent is found between the three locations.

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