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- Title
- Observations and modelling of the wave mode evolution of an impulse-driven 3 mHz ULF wave
- Author/Creator
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Borderick, J. D.;
Yeoman, T. K.;
Waters, C. L.;
Wright, D. M.
- Institution
- The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Science & Information Technology, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
- Description
- A combination of an HF Doppler sounder, a network of ground magnetometers, upstream solar wind monitors and a numerical model is used to examine the temporal evolution of an Ultra Low Frequency (ULF) wave. The event occurred on 16 April 1998 and followed a solar wind density and pressure increase seen in the upstream ACE spacecraft data. The magnetometer and HF Doppler sounder data show that the event develops into a low-m (−6) field line resonance. HF signals that propagate via the ionosphere exhibit Doppler shifts due to a number of processes that give rise to a time-dependent phase path. The ULF electric and magnetic fields are calculated by a one-dimensional model which calculates the wave propagation from the magnetosphere, through the ionosphere to the ground with an oblique magnetic field. These values are then used to determine a model HF Doppler shift which is subsequently compared to HF Doppler observations. The ULF magnetic field at the ground and Doppler observations are then used to provide model inputs at various points throughout the event. We find evidence that the wave mode evolved from a mixture of fast and Alfvén modes at the beginning of the event to an almost purely shear Alfvénic mode after 6 wavecycles.
- Relation
- Annales Geophysicae Vol. 28, Issue 9, p. 1723-1735
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/angeo-28-1723-2010
- Date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Copernicus GmbH
- Keyword(s)
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ionosphere;
ionosphere-magnetosphere interactions;
wave propagation;
magnetospheric physics;
MHD waves and instabilities
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/931739
- Identifier
- ISSN:0992-7689
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