Assessing the role of oxygen on ring current formation and evolution through numerical experiments

J Geophys Res Space Phys. 2015 Jun;120(6):4656-4668. doi: 10.1002/2015JA021157. Epub 2015 Jun 16.

Abstract

Low O+/H+ ratio produced stronger ring currentInclusion of physics-based ionospheric outflow leads to a reduction in the CPCPOxygen presence is linked to a nightside reconnection point closer to the Earth.

Keywords: MHD; composition; outflow; polar wind; ring current.