Build-up of the Storm-Time Ring Current via Mesoscale Plasma Sheet Flows

Anthony Sciola1, Viacheslav G Merkin1, Kareem Sorathia2, Matina Gkioulidou3, Shanshan Bao4, Frank Toffoletto5, Adam Michael6, Kevin H Pham7, Dong Lin7, Michael James Wiltberger8 and Aleksandr Y Ukhorskiy9, (1)The Johns Hopkins University, APL, Laurel, United States, (2)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, (3)JHU/APL, Laurel, MD, United States, (4)Rice University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Houston, TX, United States, (5)Rice University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Houston, United States, (6)The Johns Hopkins University, APL, Laurel, MD, United States, (7)NCAR, Boulder, United States, (8)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (9)JHU/APL, Laurel, United States