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Nishimura Y, Lyons LR, Gabrielse C, Weygand JM, Donovan EF, Angelopoulos V. Relative contributions of large-scale and wedgelet currents in the substorm current wedge. EARTH, PLANETS, AND SPACE : EPS 2020; 72:106. [PMID: 32728343 PMCID: PMC7373217 DOI: 10.1186/s40623-020-01234-x] [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: 05/07/2020] [Accepted: 07/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We examined how much large-scale and localized upward and downward currents contribute to the substorm current wedge (SCW), and how they evolve over time, using the THEMIS all-sky imagers (ASIs) and ground magnetometers. One type of events is dominated by a single large-scale wedge, with upward currents over the surge and broad downward currents poleward-eastward of the surge. The other type of events is a composite of large-scale wedge and wedgelets associated with streamers, with each wedgelet having comparable intensity to the large-scale wedge currents. Among 17 auroral substorms with wide ASI coverage, the composite current type is more frequent than the single large-scale wedge type. The dawn-dusk size of each wedgelet is ~ 600 km in the ionosphere (~ 3.2 R E in the magnetotail, comparable to the flow channel size). We suggest that substorms have more than one type of SCW, and the composite current type is more frequent.
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- Y. Nishimura
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Center for Space Physics, Boston University, Boston, MA USA
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- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA USA
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- Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB Canada
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- Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA USA
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The First Pi2 Pulsation Observed by China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite. REMOTE SENSING 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/rs12142300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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On 2 February 2018, the China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite (CSES) ZhangHeng 01 (ZH-01) was successfully launched, carrying on board, in addition to a suite of plasma and particle physics instruments, a high precision magnetometer package (HPM), able to observe the ultra-low frequency (ULF) waves. In this paper, a night time Pi2 pulsation observed by CSES is reported for the first time. This Pi2 event occurred on 3 September 2018, and began at 14:30 UT (02:37 magnetic local time), when the satellite was in the southern hemisphere between −49 and −13 magnetic latitude (MLAT). Kakioka (KAK) ground station in Japan detected the same Pi2 between 14:30–14:42 UT (23:30–23:42 local time). The Pi2 oscillations in the compressional, toroidal, and poloidal components at the CSES satellite and the H-component at the KAK station are investigated by estimating coherence, amplitude, and cross-phase. We noticed a high degree of similarity between the Pi2 event in the horizontal component at KAK and the ionospheric fluctuations in the compressional component at CSES. This high correlation indicated the magnetospheric source of the Pi2 event. In addition, Pi2 is exhibited clearly in the δBy component at CSES, which is highly correlated with the ground H component, so the Pi2 event could be explained by the Substorm Current Wedge (SCW). This interpretation is further confirmed by checking the compressional component of Van Allen Probe (VAP) B satellite inside the plasmasphere, which, for the first time, gives observational support for an earlier model. This ULF wave observation shows the consistency and reliability of the high precision magnetometer (HPM) equipped by two fluxgate magnetometers (FGM1 and FGM2) onboard CSES.
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Nakamura R, Nagai T, Birn J, Sergeev VA, Le Contel O, Varsani A, Baumjohann W, Nakamura T, Apatenkov S, Artemyev A, Ergun RE, Fuselier SA, Gershman DJ, Giles BJ, Khotyaintsev YV, Lindqvist PA, Magnes W, Mauk B, Russell CT, Singer HJ, Stawarz J, Strangeway RJ, Anderson B, Bromund KR, Fischer D, Kepko L, Le G, Plaschke F, Slavin JA, Cohen I, Jaynes A, Turner DL. Near-Earth plasma sheet boundary dynamics during substorm dipolarization. EARTH, PLANETS, AND SPACE : EPS 2017; 69:129. [PMID: 32009832 PMCID: PMC6961498 DOI: 10.1186/s40623-017-0707-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2017] [Accepted: 08/24/2017] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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We report on the large-scale evolution of dipolarization in the near-Earth plasma sheet during an intense (AL ~ -1000 nT) substorm on August 10, 2016, when multiple spacecraft at radial distances between 4 and 15 R E were present in the night-side magnetosphere. This global dipolarization consisted of multiple short-timescale (a couple of minutes) B z disturbances detected by spacecraft distributed over 9 MLT, consistent with the large-scale substorm current wedge observed by ground-based magnetometers. The four spacecraft of the Magnetospheric Multiscale were located in the southern hemisphere plasma sheet and observed fast flow disturbances associated with this dipolarization. The high-time-resolution measurements from MMS enable us to detect the rapid motion of the field structures and flow disturbances separately. A distinct pattern of the flow and field disturbance near the plasma boundaries was found. We suggest that a vortex motion created around the localized flows resulted in another field-aligned current system at the off-equatorial side of the BBF-associated R1/R2 systems, as was predicted by the MHD simulation of a localized reconnection jet. The observations by GOES and Geotail, which were located in the opposite hemisphere and local time, support this view. We demonstrate that the processes of both Earthward flow braking and of accumulated magnetic flux evolving tailward also control the dynamics in the boundary region of the near-Earth plasma sheet.Graphical AbstractMultispacecraft observations of dipolarization (left panel). Magnetic field component normal to the current sheet (BZ) observed in the night side magnetosphere are plotted from post-midnight to premidnight region: a GOES 13, b Van Allen Probe-A, c GOES 14, d GOES 15, e MMS3, g Geotail, h Cluster 1, together with f a combined product of energy spectra of electrons from MMS1 and MMS3 and i auroral electrojet indices. Spacecraft location in the GSM X-Y plane (upper right panel). Colorcoded By disturbances around the reconnection jets from the MHD simulation of the reconnection by Birn and Hesse (1996) (lower right panel). MMS and GOES 14-15 observed disturbances similar to those at the location indicated by arrows.
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- Rumi Nakamura
- Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz, Austria
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas, CNRS/Ecole polytechnique/UPMC Univ Paris 06/Univ. Paris-Sud/Observatoire de Paris, Paris, France
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- Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz, Austria
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- Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz, Austria
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- Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz, Austria
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- Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD USA
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- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD USA
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- Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz, Austria
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- NASA, GSFC, Greenbelt, MD USA
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- Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI USA
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- Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD USA
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- Space Sciences Department, Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, CA USA
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Pothier NM, Weimer DR, Moore WB. Quantitative maps of geomagnetic perturbation vectors during substorm onset and recovery. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH. SPACE PHYSICS 2015; 120:1197-1214. [PMID: 26167445 PMCID: PMC4497481 DOI: 10.1002/2014ja020602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2014] [Accepted: 01/22/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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UNLABELLED We have produced the first series of spherical harmonic, numerical maps of the time-dependent surface perturbations in the Earth's magnetic field following the onset of substorms. Data from 124 ground magnetometer stations in the Northern Hemisphere at geomagnetic latitudes above 33° were used. Ground station data averaged over 5 min intervals covering 8 years (1998-2005) were used to construct pseudo auroral upper, auroral lower, and auroral electrojet (AU*, AL*, and AE*) indices. These indices were used to generate a list of substorms that extended from 1998 to 2005, through a combination of automated processing and visual checks. Events were sorted by interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) orientation (at the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) satellite), dipole tilt angle, and substorm magnitude. Within each category, the events were aligned on substorm onset. A spherical cap harmonic analysis was used to obtain a least error fit of the substorm disturbance patterns at 5 min intervals up to 90 min after onset. The fits obtained at onset time were subtracted from all subsequent fits, for each group of substorm events. Maps of the three vector components of the averaged magnetic perturbations were constructed to show the effects of substorm currents. These maps are produced for several specific ranges of values for the peak |AL*| index, IMF orientation, and dipole tilt angle. We demonstrate an influence of the dipole tilt angle on the response to substorms. Our results indicate that there are downward currents poleward and upward currents just equatorward of the peak in the substorms' westward electrojet. KEY POINTS Show quantitative maps of ground geomagnetic perturbations due to substorms Three vector components mapped as function of time during onset and recovery Compare/contrast results for different tilt angle and sign of IMF Y-component.
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- N M Pothier
- Department of Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton UniversityHampton, Virginia, USA
- National Institute of AerospaceHampton, Virginia, USA
- Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Center for Space Science and Engineering Research, Virginia TechBlacksburg, Virginia, USA
- Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Science, University of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- National Institute of AerospaceHampton, Virginia, USA
- Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Center for Space Science and Engineering Research, Virginia TechBlacksburg, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton UniversityHampton, Virginia, USA
- National Institute of AerospaceHampton, Virginia, USA
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Maynard NC, Burke WJ, Erickson GM, Nakamura M, Mukai T, Kokubun S, Yamamoto T, Jacobsen B, Egeland A, Samson JC, Weimer DR, Reeves GD, Lühr H. Geotail measurements compared with the motions of high-latitude auroral boundaries during two substorms. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1997. [DOI: 10.1029/97ja00307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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