Volume 31 (1979) Issue 3 Pages 211-223
A world-wide change of geomagnetic fluctuations which have a period of several days was investigated. Two current systems were newly found. One is MDP 1 (Modified DP 1) which is characterized by three current vortices in the polar and middle latitides with westward zonal currents in the lower and equatorial regions. The other is MDP 2 (Modified DP 2) which has two vortices (one vortex in MDP 1 seems to be dissipated) in the polar region, with westward zonal currents in the lower and equatorial regions.
A day-to-day change of the Sq focus location which sometimes shows a clear 7 day period is interpreted as a result of the westward zonal current accompanied by MDP 1 and MDP 2.
Since the several day period geomagnetic fluctuations form a world-wide current system similar to well known DP 1 and DP 2, it is concluded that this current system may not be of the planetary wave origin but it must be of the magnetospheric origin.