1. Center for Space Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W Campbell Rd., Richardson, TX 75080-3021, USA;2. Department of Geography, East China Normal University, 3663 N. Zhongshan R.D., Shanghai 200062, China
Abstract:
Small changes in extended winter (November–March) 500 hPa vorticity area index (VAI) values for the 60–80°N latitude band are shown to be positively correlated with changes in a proxy for the high latitude ionosphere-to-surface current density Jz.