The Dependence of Embedded Region 1 and 2 Currents, Inducer of Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Instabilities and Ionospheric Heating, on Geomagnetic Activity Level

Jiang Liu1, Larry R Lyons2, Chih-Ping Wang3, Tomoyuki Higuchi4, Ying Zou5, Shinichi Ohtani6, Jiashu Wu7 and Vassilis Angelopoulos1, (1)University of California Los Angeles, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, United States, (2)University of California Los Angeles, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (3)University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (4)Inst Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo, Japan, (5)The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States, (6)JHU/APL, Laurel, United States, (7)University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada