THE INVESTIGATION OF THE PG PULSATIONS WITH USING DATA OF ARASE, GOES SATELLITES AND GROUND-BASED STATIONS

2021 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 63-66
Author(s):  
V.B. Belakhovsky ◽  
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V.A. Pilipenko ◽  
K. Shiokawa ◽  
Y. Miyoshi ◽  
...  

The physical nature of Pg (pulsation giant) pulsations, which were observed in the magnetosphere by the Japanese satellite Arase, geostationary satellites GOES, and ground stations of the THEMIS and CARISMA networks, was investigated in this work. Pg pulsations belong to the Pc4 frequency range and are characterized by a very monochromatic shape. For the event on 5 June, 2018, according to the data from the Arase satellite, the Pg pulsation wave packet was recorded in the dawn sector during 3 hours. The pulsations are most pronounced in the radial component of the geomagnetic field, their frequency was about 11 mHz. Pg pulsations observed in the magnetosphere were accompanied by pulsations with the same period according to data from a number of ground-based magnetic stations located near the conjugate point. According to the data of ground stations, the pulsations were most strongly expressed in the Y-component of the geomagnetic field. Pg pulsations were accompanied by pulsations in electron and proton fluxes according to the Arase, GOES satellite observations. There are no clear phase relationships between geomagnetic pulsations and pulsations in charge particle fluxes. Pg pulsations were excited under quiet geomagnetic conditions (SYM-H = -10 nT, AE = 100-400 nT) on the recovery phase of the small geomagnetic storm. It is assumed that the expansion of the plasmasphere at low geomagnetic activity leads to an increase in the plasma density in the region of the geostationary orbit, which creates favorable conditions for the excitation of Pg pulsations due to the drift-bounce resonance of protons with the geomagnetic field lines oscillations in the magnetosphere.

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 1207-1225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oksana V. Mandrikova ◽  
Igor S. Solovyev ◽  
Sergey Y. Khomutov ◽  
Vladimir V. Geppener ◽  
Dmitry M. Klionskiy ◽  
...  

Abstract. We suggest a wavelet-based multiscale mathematical model of geomagnetic field variations. The model is particularly capable of reflecting the characteristic variation and local perturbations in the geomagnetic field during the periods of increased geomagnetic activity. Based on the model, we have designed numerical algorithms to identify the characteristic variation component as well as other components that represent different geomagnetic field activity. The substantial advantage of the designed algorithms is their fully automatic performance without any manual control. The algorithms are also suited for estimating and monitoring the activity level of the geomagnetic field at different magnetic observatories without any specific adjustment to their particular locations. The suggested approach has high temporal resolution reaching 1 min. This allows us to study the dynamics and spatiotemporal distribution of geomagnetic perturbations using data from ground-based observatories. Moreover, the suggested approach is particularly capable of discovering weak perturbations in the geomagnetic field, likely linked to the nonstationary impact of the solar wind plasma on the magnetosphere. The algorithms have been validated using the experimental data collected at the IKIR FEB RAS observatory network. Keywords. Magnetospheric physics (storms and substorms)


2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. D. M. Walker ◽  
G. J. Sofko

Abstract. When studying magnetospheric convection, it is often necessary to map the steady-state electric field, measured at some point on a magnetic field line, to a magnetically conjugate point in the other hemisphere, or the equatorial plane, or at the position of a satellite. Such mapping is relatively easy in a dipole field although the appropriate formulae are not easily accessible. They are derived and reviewed here with some examples. It is not possible to derive such formulae in more realistic geomagnetic field models. A new method is described in this paper for accurate mapping of electric fields along field lines, which can be used for any field model in which the magnetic field and its spatial derivatives can be computed. From the spatial derivatives of the magnetic field three first order differential equations are derived for the components of the normalized element of separation of two closely spaced field lines. These can be integrated along with the magnetic field tracing equations and Faraday's law used to obtain the electric field as a function of distance measured along the magnetic field line. The method is tested in a simple model consisting of a dipole field plus a magnetotail model. The method is shown to be accurate, convenient, and suitable for use with more realistic geomagnetic field models.


2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (01n02) ◽  
pp. 1450008
Author(s):  
Isaac Macwan ◽  
Zihe Zhao ◽  
Omar Sobh ◽  
Jinnque Rho ◽  
Ausif Mahmood ◽  
...  

Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB), discovered in early 1970s contain single-domain crystals of magnetite ( Fe 3 O 4) called magnetosomes that tend to form a chain like structure from the proximal to the distal pole along the long axis of the cell. The ability of these bacteria to sense the magnetic field for displacement, also called magnetotaxis, arises from the magnetic dipole moment of this chain of magnetosomes. In aquatic habitats, these organisms sense the geomagnetic field and traverse the oxic-anoxic interface for optimal oxygen concentration along the field lines. Here we report an elegant use of MTB where magnetotaxis of Magnetospirillum magneticum (classified as AMB-1) could be utilized for controlled navigation over a semiconductor substrate for selective deposition. We examined 50mm long coils made out of 18AWG and 20AWG copper conductors having diameters of 5mm, 10mm and 20mm for magnetic field intensity and heat generation. Based on the COMSOL simulations and experimental data, it is recognized that a compound semiconductor manufacturing technology involving bacterial carriers and carbon-based materials such as graphene and carbon nanotubes would be a desirable choice in the future.


1997 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
V. V. Surkov ◽  
V. A. Pilipenko

The physical nature of quasi-static and transient anomalies in the geomagnetic field induced by underground explosions or earthquakes is reviewed. New theoretical results obtained recently and so far little known to general circles of geophysicists are presented. The physical nature of residual magnetic and electrotelluric fields at the explosion point are considered. The seismic waves from explosions or distant earthquakes are suggested to be used as a tool for the preliminary probing of the Earth's crust sensitivity to various seismo-electromagnetic effects. The use of magnetic induction effects for tsunami detection and for crust sounding is outlined. The nature of ULF magnetic impulses related with earthquakes is discussed.


Author(s):  
Arunas Buga ◽  
Simona Einorytė ◽  
Romuald Obuchovski ◽  
Vytautas Puškorius ◽  
Petras Petroškevicius

Lithuania is successfully integrated in the European geomagnetic field research activities. Six secular variation research stations were established in 1999 and precise geomagnetic field measurements were performed there in 1999, 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2016. Obtained diurnal magnetic field variations at measuring station and neighbouring observatories were analysed. All measurements are reduced to the mean of the year using data from geomagnetic observatory of Belsk. Based on the measured data the analysis of geomagnetic field parameter secular changes was performed. Results of the presented research are useful for updating the old geomagnetic data as well as for estimation of accuracy of declination model.


Author(s):  
Charles F. Kennel

Studies using data from the ATS-5 geosynchronous spacecraft revealed a clear relationship between midnight region injection events near the spacecraft and auroral displays near the ATS magnetic conjugate point (Hones et al., 1971a; Mende et al., 1972; Eather et al., 1976; Mende and Shelley, 1976). A comparison of ATS-5 particle and magnetic field data with all-sky photographs taken at the conjugate point, Great Whale River, indicated that an injection at geostationary orbit generally corresponded to the brightening of the onset arc when the spacecraft was in the midnight sector (Akasofu et al., 1974). Results such as this whetted the collective appetite. How closely can the initial onset and injection be related to one another in time, do the onset and injection start on the same field field line, does the westward propagation of dipolarization correspond to the westward surge, can one relate the fine structures of the auroral expansion and the dipolarization? As time passed, increasingly precise answers have been given to these and similar questions, and auroral and geosynchronous substorm phenomenology has become more tightly integrated. In this chapter, we sample some of the evidence that supports this statement. The GEOS 2 spacecraft was stationed with its magnetic conjugate point near Kiruna, Sweden, so that the conjugate aurora could be studied with the extensive network of ground-based observatories in Scandinavia (Knott, 1975; Knott et al., 1979). In the first part of this chapter, we review some of the correlation studies carried out in the GEOS 2 project. In one particular series of four substorms, it was found that the dipolarization occurred at the same time as the aurora brightened and expanded poleward over the ground conjugate region (Section 14.2). In another case, a dispersionless injection at GEOS 2 corresponded to an intensification of the auroral X-ray band in Scandinavia (Section 14.2). Westward surges at the auroral conjugate point were associated with dipolarization at the spacecraft on a statistical basis (Section 14.3). Finally, the close relationship between both the auroral and geostationary substorm phenomena was extended to small spatio-temporal scales.


2006 ◽  
Vol 24 (11) ◽  
pp. 2901-2909 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. D. Tereshchenko ◽  
B. Z. Khudukon ◽  
M. T. Rietveld ◽  
B. Isham ◽  
T. Hagfors ◽  
...  

Abstract. Satellite radio beacons were used in June 2001 to probe the ionosphere modified by a radio beam produced by the EISCAT high-power, high-frequency (HF) transmitter located near Tromsø (Norway). Amplitude scintillations and variations of the phase of 150- and 400-MHz signals from Russian navigational satellites passing over the modified region were observed at three receiver sites. In several papers it has been stressed that in the polar ionosphere the thermal self-focusing on striations during ionospheric modification is the main mechanism resulting in the formation of large-scale (hundreds of meters to kilometers) nonlinear structures aligned along the geomagnetic field (magnetic zenith effect). It has also been claimed that the maximum effects caused by small-scale (tens of meters) irregularities detected in satellite signals are also observed in the direction parallel to the magnetic field. Contrary to those studies, the present paper shows that the maximum in amplitude scintillations does not correspond strictly to the magnetic zenith direction because high latitude drifts typically cause a considerable anisotropy of small-scale irregularities in a plane perpendicular to the geomagnetic field resulting in a deviation of the amplitude-scintillation peak relative to the minimum angle between the line-of-sight to the satellite and direction of the geomagnetic field lines. The variance of the logarithmic relative amplitude fluctuations is considered here, which is a useful quantity in such studies. The experimental values of the variance are compared with model calculations and good agreement has been found. It is also shown from the experimental data that in most of the satellite passes a variance maximum occurs at a minimum in the phase fluctuations indicating that the artificial excitation of large-scale irregularities is minimum when the excitation of small-scale irregularities is maximum.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrique G. Cordaro ◽  
Patricio Venegas-Aravena ◽  
David Laroze

Abstract. It has been possible to detect variations in the vertical component of the geomagnetic field (Bz) through its first and second derivate in a range of frequencies (microHz); these seem to be roughly related with some major seismic subduction events. We studied the period 2010–2015, analysing the daily values of magnetic records over periods close to the last three significant events that occurred through the Chilean margin, i. e., along a boundary between convergent plates that is characterized by the occurrence of seismic events of magnitude greater than Mw8. These are the events of Iquique 2014, Illapel 2015 and Maule 2010, all at different latitudes, on different dates and characterized by different types of margin (erosive or accretionary). Certain similarities were found in the associated magnetic field variations: 1) Variation in the radial or z component of the geomagnetic field and its first and second temporal derivative, modelled as a small jump, and small oscillations in the second derivative, generating a frequency band between 1c / 48.9 hours and 1c / 79.13 Hrs. 2) A variable time lapse of between 30 and 120 days; and 3) The seismic event. Furthermore, when analysing spectrograms for the second temporal derivate of the radial component, different behaviour is found related to its spectral density. This takes the form of an increase in ultra-low frequencies (0.01–0.4 mHz) between the start of the magnetic jump and the seismic event. These frequencies are lower than those found during the last years by research groups that related magnetic field and earthquakes, furthermore the concept of time lapse close to 30 days is in agreement with those research groups. The previous analyses may not be so robust, this is why additionally a new method is used with stations closer to the events and time periods of two years. We analysed the daily cumulative number of anomalous behaviour in z component of magnetic field on ground based magnetometers. The results show an increase in the number of magnetic anomalies prior to the occurrence of the three earthquakes. The behavior of the anomalies is similar to those presented by other authors for other earthquakes with similar methods in ionosphere. All this magnetic features might recover seismic information of the events and could be related with Lithosphere-Atmosphere-Ionosphere Coupling.


2011 ◽  
Vol 29 (11) ◽  
pp. 2061-2079 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. A. Barghouthi ◽  
S. H. Ghithan ◽  
H. Nilsson

Abstract. To advance our understanding of the effect of wave-particle interactions on ion outflows in the polar wind region and the resulting ion heating and escape from low altitudes to higher altitudes, we carried out a comparison between polar wind simulations obtained using Barghouthi model with corresponding observations obtained from different satellites. The Barghouthi model describes O+ and H+ outflows in the polar wind region in the range 1.7 RE to 13.7 RE, including the effects of gravity, polarization electrostatic field, diverging geomagnetic field lines, and wave-particle interactions. Wave-particle interactions were included into the model by using a particle diffusion equation, which depends on diffusion coefficients determined from estimates of the typical electric field spectral density at relevant altitudes and frequencies. We provide a formula for the velocity diffusion coefficient that depends on altitude and velocity, in which the velocity part depends on the perpendicular wavelength of the electromagnetic turbulence λ⊥. Because of the shortage of information about λ⊥, it was included into the model as a parameter. We produce different simulations (i.e. ion velocity distributions, ions density, ion drift velocity, ion parallel and perpendicular temperatures) for O+ and H+ ions, and for different λ⊥. We discuss the simulations in terms of wave-particle interactions, perpendicular adiabatic cooling, parallel adiabatic cooling, mirror force, and ion potential energy. The main findings of the simulations are as follows: (1) O+ ions are highly energized at all altitudes in the simulation tube due to wave-particle interactions that heat the ions in the perpendicular direction, and part of this gained energy transfer to the parallel direction by mirror force, resulting in accelerating O+ ions along geomagnetic field lines from lower altitudes to higher altitudes. (2) The effect of wave-particle interactions is negligible for H+ ions at altitudes below ~7 RE, while it is important for altitudes above 7 RE. For O+ wave particle interaction is very significant at all altitudes. (3) For certain λ⊥ and at points, altitudes, where the ion gyroradius is equal to or less than λ⊥, the effect of wave-particle interactions is independent of the velocity and it depends only on the altitude part of the velocity diffusion coefficient; however, the effect of wave-particle interactions reduce above that point, called saturation point, and the heating process turns to be self-limiting heating. (4) The most interesting result is the appearance of O+ conics and toroids at low altitudes and continue to appear at high altitudes; however, they appear at very high altitudes for H+ ions. We compare quantitatively and qualitatively between the simulation results and the corresponding observations. As a result of many comparisons, we find that the best agreement occurs when λ⊥ equals to 8 km. The quantitative comparisons show that many characteristics of the observations are very close to the simulation results, and the qualitative comparisons between the simulation results for ion outflows and the observations produce very similar behaviors. To our knowledge, most of the comparisons between observations (ion velocity distribution, density, drift velocity, parallel and perpendicular temperatures, anisotropy, etc.) and simulations obtained from different models produce few agreements and fail to explain many observations (see Yau et al., 2007; Lemaire et al., 2007; Tam et al., 2007; Su et al., 1998; Engwall et al., 2009). This paper presents many close agreements between observations and simulations obtained by Barghouthi model, for O+ and H+ ions at different altitudes i.e. from 1.7 RE to 13.7 RE.


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