Remote sensing the plasmasphere, plasmapause, plumes and other features using ground-based magnetometers

Menk, Frederick; Kale, Zoë; Sciffer, Murray; Robinson, Peter; Waters, Colin; Grew, Russell; Clilverd, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7388-1529; Mann, Ian. 2014 Remote sensing the plasmasphere, plasmapause, plumes and other features using ground-based magnetometers. Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, 4, A34. 16, pp. https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2014030

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2014030

Abstract/Summary

The plasmapause is a highly dynamic boundary between different magnetospheric particle populations and convection regimes. Some of the most important space weather processes involve wave-particle interactions in this region, but wave properties may also be used to remote sense the plasmasphere and plasmapause, contributing to plasmasphere models. This paper discusses the use of existing ground magnetometer arrays for such remote sensing. Using case studies we illustrate measurement of plasmapause location, shape and movement during storms; refilling of flux tubes within and outside the plasmasphere; storm-time increase in heavy ion concentration near the plasmapause; and detection and mapping of density irregularities near the plasmapause, including drainage plumes, biteouts and bulges. We also use a 2D MHD model of wave propagation through the magnetosphere, incorporating a realistic ionosphere boundary and Alfvén speed profile, to simulate ground array observations of power and cross-phase spectra, hence confirming the signatures of plumes and other density structures.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2014030
Programmes:	BAS Programmes > Polar Science for Planet Earth (2009 - ) > Climate
ISSN:	2115-7251
Additional Keywords:	Magnetosphere (inner), plasma waves, space weather, monitoring, density
Date made live:	01 Dec 2014 10:54 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/508939

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2014030

Programmes:

BAS Programmes > Polar Science for Planet Earth (2009 - ) > Climate

ISSN:

2115-7251

Additional Keywords:

Magnetosphere (inner), plasma waves, space weather, monitoring, density

Date made live:

01 Dec 2014 10:54 +0 (UTC)