Influence of the Earth's magnetic field on the solar wind energy dissipation in the upper atmosphere

Romain Maggiolo1, Lukas Maes2, Gaël Cessateur3, Fabien Darrouzet1, Johan De Keyser1,4 and Herbert Gunell5, (1)BIRA/IASB, Brussels, Belgium, (2)Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany, (3)BIRA-IASB, Brussels, Belgium, (4)Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Department of Mathematics, Leuven, Belgium, (5)Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden