Abstract
Focusing on the classification of solar winds into three types of flux: (1) slow winds, (2) fluctuating winds, and (3) high speed-solar winds HSSW (V ≥ 450 km/s on average day), the influence of the convection electric field (EM) via the flow of HSSWs during storms in the internal magnetosphere and on the stability of magnetospheric plasma at high latitudes was investigated. The study involved 1964-2009 period, which encompasses solar cycles 20, 21, 22 and 23. The results show a weak correlation of the frozen electric field profiles with the HSSWs overall solar cycles and a very large number of HSSWs recorded in cycle 23. Particular attention has been paid to solar cycle 22 which rather presents a fairly disturbed profile with sudden variations in solar flux and EM field; however, solar cycle 21 records the lowest level of HSSW. Overall, over all the studied solar cycles, it can be seen that the EM field from HSSWs of very low intensity increases progressively from solar cycle 20 to cycle 23, respectively with a minimum occurrence of 8.48% and a maximum of 9.36%. The results reached show, on one hand, that the magnetosphere is very stable from 15:00UT to 21:00UT, and on the other hand, that there is a significant transfer of mass in the night sector (21:00UT-24:00UT) than on the day side (00:00UT-15:00UT) for all solar cycles over the long period of 45 years. Key words: Solar cycle, solar wind, magnetosphere, geomagnetic convection, electric field.
Highlights
Magnetospheric convection electric field (EM) is a key parameter in all existing theories when it comes to the mechanism of magnetic disturbances in the upper atmosphere
The year 2003 is a solar cycle 23 year, for the longest time, which recorded over 76% of high-speed solar winds (HSSW)
Various parameters of solar origin have been used in this study to understand the dynamics of the earth's magnetosphere under the impact of high-speed solar winds (HSSW)
Summary
Magnetospheric convection electric field (EM) is a key parameter in all existing theories when it comes to the mechanism of magnetic disturbances in the upper atmosphere. Component of the ionosphere/ magnetosphere coupling, EM specifies the motion of the plasma in the internal magnetosphere (Matsui et al, 2008). It contributes with the corotating electric field related to the rotation of the earth to the magnetospheric electric field (Khazanov et al, 2004; Maus, 2017).
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