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Figure 4

From: Global and frequent appearance of small spatial scale field-aligned currents possibly driven by the lower atmospheric phenomena as observed by the CHAMP satellite in middle and low latitudes

Figure 4

The zonal component versus Apex latitude on the same paths shown in Figure 3. On the dayside (upper panel), broken and solid lines show those in Northern and Southern Hemispheres, respectively, and on the nightside (lower panel), the sign is reversed. Note that the scale for the dayside and the nightside is different.

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