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Al Saati S, Clément N, Louis C, Blanc M, Wang Y, André N, Lamy L, Bonfond B, Collet B, Allegrini F, Bolton S, Clark G, Connerney JEP, Gérard J, Gladstone GR, Kotsiaros S, Kurth WS, Mauk B. Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere Coupling Study at Jupiter Based on Juno's First 30 Orbits and Modeling Tools. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH. SPACE PHYSICS 2022; 127:e2022JA030586. [PMID: 36591321 PMCID: PMC9787687 DOI: 10.1029/2022ja030586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2022] [Revised: 08/26/2022] [Accepted: 09/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The dynamics of the Jovian magnetosphere is controlled by the interplay of the planet's fast rotation, its solar-wind interaction and its main plasma source at the Io torus, mediated by coupling processes involving its magnetosphere, ionosphere, and thermosphere. At the ionospheric level, these processes can be characterized by a set of parameters including conductances, field-aligned currents, horizontal currents, electric fields, transport of charged particles along field lines including the fluxes of electrons precipitating into the upper atmosphere which trigger auroral emissions, and the particle and Joule heating power dissipation rates into the upper atmosphere. Determination of these key parameters makes it possible to estimate the net transfer of momentum and energy between Jovian upper atmosphere and equatorial magnetosphere. A method based on a combined use of Juno multi-instrument data and three modeling tools was developed by Wang et al. (2021, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021ja029469) and applied to an analysis of the first nine orbits to retrieve these parameters along Juno's magnetic footprint. We extend this method to the first 30 Juno science orbits and to both hemispheres. Our results reveal a large variability of these parameters from orbit to orbit and between the two hemispheres. They also show dominant trends. Southern current systems are consistent with the generation of a region of sub-corotating ionospheric plasma flows, while both super-corotating and sub-corotating plasma flows are found in the north. These results are discussed in light of the previous space and ground-based observations and currently available models of plasma convection and current systems, and their implications are assessed.
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- S. Al Saati
- IRAPCNRSUniversité Toulouse III‐Paul SabatierCNESToulouseFrance
- CPHTCNRSInstitut Polytechnique de ParisPalaiseauFrance
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- IRAPCNRSUniversité Toulouse III‐Paul SabatierCNESToulouseFrance
- Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de BordeauxUniversité de BordeauxBordeauxFrance
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- IRAPCNRSUniversité Toulouse III‐Paul SabatierCNESToulouseFrance
- School of Cosmic PhysicsDIAS Dunsink ObservatoryDublin Institute for Advanced StudiesDublinIreland
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- IRAPCNRSUniversité Toulouse III‐Paul SabatierCNESToulouseFrance
- LAMPythéasAix Marseille UniversitéCNRSCNESMarseilleFrance
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- State Key Laboratory of Space WeatherNational Space Science CenterChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- IRAPCNRSUniversité Toulouse III‐Paul SabatierCNESToulouseFrance
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- LAMPythéasAix Marseille UniversitéCNRSCNESMarseilleFrance
- LESIAObservatoire de ParisUniversité PSLCNRSSorbonne UniversitéUniversité de ParisMeudonFrance
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- LAMPythéasAix Marseille UniversitéCNRSCNESMarseilleFrance
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- Technical University of DenmarkKongens LyngbyDenmark
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Zhang H, Zong Q, Connor H, Delamere P, Facskó G, Han D, Hasegawa H, Kallio E, Kis Á, Le G, Lembège B, Lin Y, Liu T, Oksavik K, Omidi N, Otto A, Ren J, Shi Q, Sibeck D, Yao S. Dayside Transient Phenomena and Their Impact on the Magnetosphere and Ionosphere. SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS 2022; 218:40. [PMID: 35784192 PMCID: PMC9239986 DOI: 10.1007/s11214-021-00865-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2021] [Accepted: 11/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Dayside transients, such as hot flow anomalies, foreshock bubbles, magnetosheath jets, flux transfer events, and surface waves, are frequently observed upstream from the bow shock, in the magnetosheath, and at the magnetopause. They play a significant role in the solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling. Foreshock transient phenomena, associated with variations in the solar wind dynamic pressure, deform the magnetopause, and in turn generates field-aligned currents (FACs) connected to the auroral ionosphere. Solar wind dynamic pressure variations and transient phenomena at the dayside magnetopause drive magnetospheric ultra low frequency (ULF) waves, which can play an important role in the dynamics of Earth's radiation belts. These transient phenomena and their geoeffects have been investigated using coordinated in-situ spacecraft observations, spacecraft-borne imagers, ground-based observations, and numerical simulations. Cluster, THEMIS, Geotail, and MMS multi-mission observations allow us to track the motion and time evolution of transient phenomena at different spatial and temporal scales in detail, whereas ground-based experiments can observe the ionospheric projections of transient magnetopause phenomena such as waves on the magnetopause driven by hot flow anomalies or flux transfer events produced by bursty reconnection across their full longitudinal and latitudinal extent. Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), hybrid, and particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations are powerful tools to simulate the dayside transient phenomena. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the present understanding of dayside transient phenomena at Earth and other planets, their geoeffects, and outstanding questions.
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- Hui Zhang
- Physics Department & Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2156 Koyukuk Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775 USA
- Shandong University, Weihai, China
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- Institute of Space Physics and Applied Technology, Peking University, Beijing, 100871 China
- Polar Research Institute of China, Shanghai, 200136 China
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- Physics Department & Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2156 Koyukuk Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775 USA
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
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- Physics Department & Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2156 Koyukuk Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775 USA
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- Department of Informatics, Milton Friedman University, 1039 Budapest, Hungary
- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Konkoly-Thege Miklós út 29-33, 1121 Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, JAXA, Sagamihara, Japan
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- Institute of Earth Physics and Space Science (ELKH EPSS), Sopron, Hungary
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
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- LATMOS (Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales), IPSL/CNRS/UVSQ, 11 Bd d’Alembert, Guyancourt, 78280 France
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- Auburn University, Auburn, USA
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- Physics Department & Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2156 Koyukuk Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775 USA
- Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA
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- Birkeland Centre for Space Science, Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- Arctic Geophysics, The University Centre in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway
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- Physics Department & Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2156 Koyukuk Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775 USA
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- Institute of Space Physics and Applied Technology, Peking University, Beijing, 100871 China
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
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Wang Y, Blanc M, Louis C, Wang C, André N, Adriani A, Allegrini F, Blelly P, Bolton S, Bonfond B, Clark G, Dinelli BM, Gérard J, Gladstone R, Grodent D, Kotsiaros S, Kurth W, Lamy L, Louarn P, Marchaudon A, Mauk B, Mura A, Tao C. A Preliminary Study of Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere Coupling at Jupiter: Juno Multi-Instrument Measurements and Modeling Tools. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH. SPACE PHYSICS 2021; 126:e2021JA029469. [PMID: 35846729 PMCID: PMC9285026 DOI: 10.1029/2021ja029469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2021] [Revised: 07/12/2021] [Accepted: 08/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The dynamics of the Jovian magnetosphere are controlled by the interplay of the planet's fast rotation, its main iogenic plasma source and its interaction with the solar wind. Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere (MIT) coupling processes controlling this interplay are significantly different from their Earth and Saturn counterparts. At the ionospheric level, they can be characterized by a set of key parameters: ionospheric conductances, electric currents and fields, exchanges of particles along field lines, Joule heating and particle energy deposition. From these parameters, one can determine (a) how magnetospheric currents close into the ionosphere, and (b) the net deposition/extraction of energy into/out of the upper atmosphere associated to MIT coupling. We present a new method combining Juno multi-instrument data (MAG, JADE, JEDI, UVS, JIRAM and Waves) and modeling tools to estimate these key parameters along Juno's trajectories. We first apply this method to two southern hemisphere main auroral oval crossings to illustrate how the coupling parameters are derived. We then present a preliminary statistical analysis of the morphology and amplitudes of these key parameters for eight among the first nine southern perijoves. We aim to extend our method to more Juno orbits to progressively build a comprehensive view of Jovian MIT coupling at the level of the main auroral oval.
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- Yuxian Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Space WeatherNational Space Science CenterChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
- College of Earth and Planetary SciencesUniversity of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
- Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et PlanétologieToulouseFrance
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- Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et PlanétologieToulouseFrance
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- Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et PlanétologieToulouseFrance
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- State Key Laboratory of Space WeatherNational Space Science CenterChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
- College of Earth and Planetary SciencesUniversity of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et PlanétologieToulouseFrance
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- INAF‐Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia SpazialiRomeItaly
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- Southwest Research InstituteSan AntonioTXUSA
- Department of Physics and AstronomyUniversity of Texas at San AntonioSan AntonioTXUSA
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- Laboratoire de Physique Atmosphérique et PlanétaireSTAR InstituteUniversité de LiègeLiègeBelgium
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- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics LaboratoryLaurelMDUSA
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- Laboratoire de Physique Atmosphérique et PlanétaireSTAR InstituteUniversité de LiègeLiègeBelgium
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- Laboratoire de Physique Atmosphérique et PlanétaireSTAR InstituteUniversité de LiègeLiègeBelgium
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- Department of Physics and AstronomyUniversity of IowaIowa CityIAUSA
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- Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysiqueMeudonFrance
- Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de MarseilleMarseilleFrance
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- Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et PlanétologieToulouseFrance
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- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics LaboratoryLaurelMDUSA
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- INAF‐Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia SpazialiRomeItaly
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- National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)KoganeiJapan
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Talboys DL, Arridge CS, Bunce EJ, Coates AJ, Cowley SWH, Dougherty MK. Characterization of auroral current systems in Saturn's magnetosphere: High-latitude Cassini observations. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1029/2008ja013846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- D. L. Talboys
- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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- Mullard Space Science Laboratory; University College London; Dorking UK
- Centre for Planetary Sciences; University College London; London UK
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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- Mullard Space Science Laboratory; University College London; Dorking UK
- Centre for Planetary Sciences; University College London; London UK
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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Clarke JT, Nichols J, Gérard JC, Grodent D, Hansen KC, Kurth W, Gladstone GR, Duval J, Wannawichian S, Bunce E, Cowley SWH, Crary F, Dougherty M, Lamy L, Mitchell D, Pryor W, Retherford K, Stallard T, Zieger B, Zarka P, Cecconi B. Response of Jupiter's and Saturn's auroral activity to the solar wind. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1029/2008ja013694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- J. T. Clarke
- Center for Space Physics; Boston University; Boston Massachusetts USA
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- Center for Space Physics; Boston University; Boston Massachusetts USA
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- LPAP; Université de Liège; Liege Belgium
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- AOSS Department; University of Michigan; Ann Arbor Michigan USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Iowa; Iowa City Iowa USA
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- Center for Space Physics; Boston University; Boston Massachusetts USA
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- Center for Space Physics; Boston University; Boston Massachusetts USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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- Southwest Research Institute; San Antonio Texas USA
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- Blackett Laboratory; Imperial College; London UK
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- LESIA, Observatoire de Paris; UPMC, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot; Meudon France
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; Laurel Maryland USA
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- Department of Science; Central Arizona College; Coolidge Arizona USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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- AOSS Department; University of Michigan; Ann Arbor Michigan USA
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- LESIA, Observatoire de Paris; UPMC, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot; Meudon France
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- LESIA, Observatoire de Paris; UPMC, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot; Meudon France
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Bunce EJ, Arridge CS, Clarke JT, Coates AJ, Cowley SWH, Dougherty MK, Gérard JC, Grodent D, Hansen KC, Nichols JD, Southwood DJ, Talboys DL. Origin of Saturn's aurora: Simultaneous observations by Cassini and the Hubble Space Telescope. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1029/2008ja013257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- E. J. Bunce
- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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- Mullard Space Science Laboratory; University College London; Dorking UK
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- Center for Space Physics; Boston University; Boston Massachusetts USA
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- Mullard Space Science Laboratory; University College London; Dorking UK
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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- Laboratoire de Physique Atmosphérique et Planétaire; Université de Liège; Liège Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Physique Atmosphérique et Planétaire; Université de Liège; Liège Belgium
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- Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences; University of Michigan; Ann Arbor Michigan USA
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- Center for Space Physics; Boston University; Boston Massachusetts USA
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- Blackett Laboratory; Imperial College; London UK
- European Space Agency, HQ; Paris France
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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Grodent D, Bonfond B, Gérard JC, Radioti A, Gustin J, Clarke JT, Nichols J, Connerney JEP. Auroral evidence of a localized magnetic anomaly in Jupiter's northern hemisphere. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1029/2008ja013185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Denis Grodent
- Laboratory for Planetary and Atmospheric Physics; Université de Liège; Liège Belgium
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- Laboratory for Planetary and Atmospheric Physics; Université de Liège; Liège Belgium
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- Laboratory for Planetary and Atmospheric Physics; Université de Liège; Liège Belgium
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- Laboratory for Planetary and Atmospheric Physics; Université de Liège; Liège Belgium
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- Laboratory for Planetary and Atmospheric Physics; Université de Liège; Liège Belgium
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- Center for Space Physics; Boston University; Boston Massachusetts USA
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- Center for Space Physics; Boston University; Boston Massachusetts USA
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Radioti A, Gérard JC, Grodent D, Bonfond B, Krupp N, Woch J. Discontinuity in Jupiter's main auroral oval. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1029/2007ja012610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- A. Radioti
- LPAP, Institut d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique; Université de Liège; Belgium
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- LPAP, Institut d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique; Université de Liège; Belgium
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- LPAP, Institut d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique; Université de Liège; Belgium
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- LPAP, Institut d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique; Université de Liège; Belgium
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung; Katlenburg-Lindau Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung; Katlenburg-Lindau Germany
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Grodent D, Gérard JC, Radioti A, Bonfond B, Saglam A. Jupiter’s changing auroral location. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1029/2007ja012601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Denis Grodent
- Laboratory for Planetary and Atmospheric Physics; Université de Liège; Belgium
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- Laboratory for Planetary and Atmospheric Physics; Université de Liège; Belgium
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- Laboratory for Planetary and Atmospheric Physics; Université de Liège; Belgium
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- Laboratory for Planetary and Atmospheric Physics; Université de Liège; Belgium
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- Laboratory for Planetary and Atmospheric Physics; Université de Liège; Belgium
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Nichols JD, Bunce EJ, Clarke JT, Cowley SWH, Gérard JC, Grodent D, Pryor WR. Response of Jupiter's UV auroras to interplanetary conditions as observed by the Hubble Space Telescope during the Cassini flyby campaign. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1029/2006ja012005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- J. D. Nichols
- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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- Center for Space Physics; Boston University; Boston Massachusetts USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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- LPAP, Institut d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique; Université de Liège; Liège Belgium
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- LPAP, Institut d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique; Université de Liège; Liège Belgium
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- Central Arizona College; Coolidge Arizona USA
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Miller S, Stallard T, Smith C, Millward G, Melin H, Lystrup M, Aylward A. H3+: the driver of giant planet atmospheres. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. SERIES A, MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL, AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 2006; 364:3121-35; discussion 3136-7. [PMID: 17015372 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2006.1877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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We present a review of recent developments in the use of H3+ molecular ion as a probe of physics and chemistry of the upper atmospheres of giant planets. This ion is shown to be a good tracer of energy inputs into Jupiter (J), Saturn (S) and Uranus (U). It also acts as a 'thermostat', offsetting increases in the energy inputs owing to particle precipitation via cooling to space (J and U). Computer models have established that H3+ is also the main contributor to ionospheric conductivity. The coupling of electric and magnetic fields in the auroral polar regions leads to ion winds, which, in turn, drive neutral circulation systems (J and S). These latter two effects, dependent on H3+, also result in very large heating terms, approximately 5 x 10(12) W for Saturn and greater than 10(14) W for Jupiter, planet-wide; these terms compare with approximately 2.5 x 10(11) W of solar extreme UV absorbed at Saturn and 10(12) W at Jupiter. Thus, H3+ is shown to play a major role in explaining why the temperatures of the giant planets are much greater (by hundreds of kelvin) at the top of the atmosphere than solar inputs alone can account for.
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- Steve Miller
- Atmospheric Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
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Fukazawa K, Ogino T, Walker RJ. Configuration and dynamics of the Jovian magnetosphere. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1029/2006ja011874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Gustin J, Cowley SWH, Gérard JC, Gladstone GR, Grodent D, Clarke JT. Characteristics of Jovian morning bright FUV aurora from Hubble Space Telescope/Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph imaging and spectral observations. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1029/2006ja011730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Crary FJ, Clarke JT, Dougherty MK, Hanlon PG, Hansen KC, Steinberg JT, Barraclough BL, Coates AJ, Gérard JC, Grodent D, Kurth WS, Mitchell DG, Rymer AM, Young DT. Solar wind dynamic pressure and electric field as the main factors controlling Saturn's aurorae. Nature 2005; 433:720-2. [PMID: 15716946 DOI: 10.1038/nature03333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2004] [Accepted: 12/27/2004] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The interaction of the solar wind with Earth's magnetosphere gives rise to the bright polar aurorae and to geomagnetic storms, but the relation between the solar wind and the dynamics of the outer planets' magnetospheres is poorly understood. Jupiter's magnetospheric dynamics and aurorae are dominated by processes internal to the jovian system, whereas Saturn's magnetosphere has generally been considered to have both internal and solar-wind-driven processes. This hypothesis, however, is tentative because of limited simultaneous solar wind and magnetospheric measurements. Here we report solar wind measurements, immediately upstream of Saturn, over a one-month period. When combined with simultaneous ultraviolet imaging we find that, unlike Jupiter, Saturn's aurorae respond strongly to solar wind conditions. But in contrast to Earth, the main controlling factor appears to be solar wind dynamic pressure and electric field, with the orientation of the interplanetary magnetic field playing a much more limited role. Saturn's magnetosphere is, therefore, strongly driven by the solar wind, but the solar wind conditions that drive it differ from those that drive the Earth's magnetosphere.
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- F J Crary
- Southwest Research Institute, Culebra Road, San Antonio, Texas 78288, USA.
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Kronberg EA. Mass release at Jupiter: Substorm-like processes in the Jovian magnetotail. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.1029/2004ja010777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Kivelson MG, Southwood DJ. Dynamical consequences of two modes of centrifugal instability in Jupiter's outer magnetosphere. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.1029/2005ja011176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Badman SV, Bunce EJ, Clarke JT, Cowley SWH, Gérard JC, Grodent D, Milan SE. Open flux estimates in Saturn's magnetosphere during the January 2004 Cassini-HST campaign, and implications for reconnection rates. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.1029/2005ja011240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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