Field-aligned currents (FAC)

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Field-aligned currents (FAC, also called the Birkeland currents) are essential to the linkage between the solar wind - magnetosphere system and the ionosphere. The main large scale FAC systems are the Region 1 and 2 currents.

Region 1 currents

Region 2 currents

Mantle/NBZ currents

Special FAC types

References

See also: