Magnetic local time‐resolved examination of radiation belt dynamics during high speed solar wind speed triggered substorm clusters

Rodger, Craig J.; Turner, Drew L.; Clilverd, Mark A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7388-1529; Hendry, Aaron T.. 2019 Magnetic local time‐resolved examination of radiation belt dynamics during high speed solar wind speed triggered substorm clusters. Geophysical Research Letters, 46. 10219-10229. 10.1029/2019GL083712

Before downloading, please read NORA policies.

[thumbnail of Rodger_et_al-2019-Geophysical_Research_Letters.pdf]

Preview

Text
©2019. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.
Rodger_et_al-2019-Geophysical_Research_Letters.pdf - Published Version
Download (1MB) | Preview

Official URL: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/1...

Abstract/Summary

Particle observations from low Earth orbiting satellites are used to undertake superposed epoch analysis around clusters of substorms, in order to investigate radiation belt dynamical responses to mild geomagnetic disturbances. Medium energy electrons and protons have drift periods long enough to discriminate between processes occurring at different MLT, such as magnetopause shadowing, plasma wave activity, and substorm injections. Analysis shows that magnetopause shadowing produces clear loss in proton and electron populations over a wide range of L‐shells, initially on the dayside, which interact with nightside substorm‐generated flux enhancements following charge‐dependent drift directions. Inner magnetospheric injections recently identified as an important source of 10's to 100's keV electrons at low L (L<3), occurring during similar solar wind‐driving conditions as recurrent substorms, show similar but more enhanced geomagnetic AU‐index signatures. Two‐fold increases in substorm occurrence at the time of the sudden particle enhancements at low L shells (SPELLS), suggests a common linkage.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1029/2019GL083712
ISSN:	0094-8276
Additional Keywords:	Radiation Belt dynamics, Radiation Belt electrons, Radiation Belt losses, Substorm impacts, Magnetopause Shadowing, POES/MEPED
Date made live:	03 Sep 2019 10:27 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/524977

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1029/2019GL083712

ISSN:

0094-8276

Additional Keywords:

Radiation Belt dynamics, Radiation Belt electrons, Radiation Belt losses, Substorm impacts, Magnetopause Shadowing, POES/MEPED

Date made live:

03 Sep 2019 10:27 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/524977