scholarly journals ULF wave activity in high-speed streams of the solar wind: Impact on the magnetosphere

2013 ◽  
Vol 118 (10) ◽  
pp. 6465-6477 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. S. Potapov
Keyword(s):  
Solar Wind ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Wave Activity ◽  
Ulf Wave

scholarly journals Solar wind influence on Pc4 and Pc5 ULF wave activity in the inner magnetosphere

2010 ◽  
Vol 115 (A12) ◽  
pp. n/a-n/a ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Liu ◽  
T. E. Sarris ◽  
X. Li ◽  
R. Ergun ◽  
V. Angelopoulos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Wind ◽  
Wave Activity ◽  
Inner Magnetosphere ◽  
Ulf Wave ◽  
Wind Influence

scholarly journals The Pulsating Magnetosphere at Jupiter

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harry Manners ◽  
Adam Masters
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Solar Wind ◽  
Dynamic Pressure ◽  
Wave Spectrum ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Wave Activity ◽  
Ulf Waves ◽  
Ulf Wave ◽  
Wide Range

<p>The magnetosphere of Jupiter is the largest planetary magnetosphere in the solar system, and plays host to internal dynamics that remain, in many ways, mysterious. Prominent among these mysteries are the ultra-low-frequency (<strong>ULF</strong>) pulses ubiquitous in this system. Pulsations in the electromagnetic emissions, magnetic field and flux of energetic particles have been observed for decades, with little to indicate the source mechanism. While ULF waves have been observed in the magnetospheres of all the magnetized planets, the magnetospheric environment at Jupiter seems particularly conducive to the emergence of ULF waves over a wide range of periods (1-100+ minutes). This is mainly due to the high variability of the system on a global scale: internal plasma sources and a powerful intrinsic magnetic field produce a highly-compressible magnetospheric cavity, which can be reduced to a size significantly smaller than its nominal expanded state by variations in the dynamic pressure of the solar wind. Compressive fronts in the solar wind, turbulent surface interactions on the magnetopause and internal plasma processes can also all lead to ULF wave activity inside the magnetosphere.</p><p>To gain the first comprehensive view of ULF waves in the Jovian system, we have performed a heritage survey of magnetic field data measured by six spacecraft that visited the magnetosphere (Galileo, Ulysses, Voyager 1 & 2 and Pioneer 10 & 11). We found several-hundred wave events consisting of wave packets parallel or transverse to the mean magnetic field, interpreted as fast-mode or Alfvénic MHD wave activity, respectively. Parallel and transverse events were often coincident in space and time, which may be evidence of global Alfvénic resonances of the magnetic field known as field-line-resonances. We found that 15-, 30- and 40-minute periods dominate the Jovian ULF wave spectrum, in agreement with the dominant “magic frequencies” often reported in existing literature.</p><p>We will discuss potential driving mechanisms as informed by the results of the heritage survey, how this in turn affects our understanding of energy transfer in the magnetosphere, and potential investigations to be made using data from the JUNO spacecraft. We will also discuss the potential for multiple resonant cavities, and how the resonance modes of the Jovian magnetosphere may differ from those of the other magnetized planets.</p>

scholarly journals ULF Wave Activity in the Magnetosphere: Resolving Solar Wind Interdependencies to Identify Driving Mechanisms

2018 ◽  
Vol 123 (4) ◽  
pp. 2745-2771 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. N. Bentley ◽  
C. E. J. Watt ◽  
M. J. Owens ◽  
I. J. Rae
Keyword(s):  
Solar Wind ◽  
Wave Activity ◽  
Ulf Wave ◽  
Driving Mechanisms

scholarly journals The influence of solar wind on extratropical cyclones – Part 1: Wilcox effect revisited

2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Prikryl ◽  
V. Rušin ◽  
M. Rybanský
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Solar Wind ◽  
Northern Hemisphere ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Coronal Holes ◽  
Extratropical Cyclones ◽  
Sector Boundary ◽  
Speed Solar Wind ◽  
The Mean ◽  
High Speed Solar Wind

Abstract. A sun-weather correlation, namely the link between solar magnetic sector boundary passage (SBP) by the Earth and upper-level tropospheric vorticity area index (VAI), that was found by Wilcox et al. (1974) and shown to be statistically significant by Hines and Halevy (1977) is revisited. A minimum in the VAI one day after SBP followed by an increase a few days later was observed. Using the ECMWF ERA-40 re-analysis dataset for the original period from 1963 to 1973 and extending it to 2002, we have verified what has become known as the "Wilcox effect" for the Northern as well as the Southern Hemisphere winters. The effect persists through years of high and low volcanic aerosol loading except for the Northern Hemisphere at 500 mb, when the VAI minimum is weak during the low aerosol years after 1973, particularly for sector boundaries associated with south-to-north reversals of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) BZ component. The "disappearance" of the Wilcox effect was found previously by Tinsley et al. (1994) who suggested that enhanced stratospheric volcanic aerosols and changes in air-earth current density are necessary conditions for the effect. The present results indicate that the Wilcox effect does not require high aerosol loading to be detected. The results are corroborated by a correlation with coronal holes where the fast solar wind originates. Ground-based measurements of the green coronal emission line (Fe XIV, 530.3 nm) are used in the superposed epoch analysis keyed by the times of sector boundary passage to show a one-to-one correspondence between the mean VAI variations and coronal holes. The VAI is modulated by high-speed solar wind streams with a delay of 1–2 days. The Fourier spectra of VAI time series show peaks at periods similar to those found in the solar corona and solar wind time series. In the modulation of VAI by solar wind the IMF BZ seems to control the phase of the Wilcox effect and the depth of the VAI minimum. The mean VAI response to SBP associated with the north-to-south reversal of BZ is leading by up to 2 days the mean VAI response to SBP associated with the south-to-north reversal of BZ. For the latter, less geoeffective events, the VAI minimum deepens (with the above exception of the Northern Hemisphere low-aerosol 500-mb VAI) and the VAI maximum is delayed. The phase shift between the mean VAI responses obtained for these two subsets of SBP events may explain the reduced amplitude of the overall Wilcox effect. In a companion paper, Prikryl et al. (2009) propose a new mechanism to explain the Wilcox effect, namely that solar-wind-generated auroral atmospheric gravity waves (AGWs) influence the growth of extratropical cyclones. It is also observed that severe extratropical storms, explosive cyclogenesis and significant sea level pressure deepenings of extratropical storms tend to occur within a few days of the arrival of high-speed solar wind. These observations are discussed in the context of the proposed AGW mechanism as well as the previously suggested atmospheric electrical current (AEC) model (Tinsley et al., 1994), which requires the presence of stratospheric aerosols for a significant (Wilcox) effect.

scholarly journals Influence of heavy ions on the high-speed solar wind

1997 ◽  
Vol 102 (A8) ◽  
pp. 17419-17432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xing Li ◽  
Ruth Esser ◽  
Shadia R. Habbal ◽  
You-Qiu Hu
Keyword(s):  
Solar Wind ◽  
Heavy Ions ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Speed Solar Wind ◽  
High Speed Solar Wind

High-speed streams of the stationary solar wind and the possible mechanism by which they are generated

2010 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. I. Mogilevskii ◽  
K. I. Nikol’skaya
Keyword(s):  
Solar Wind ◽  
High Speed

North-south cosmic ray asymmetry and high speed solar wind

1997 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 929-932 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.K. Svirzhevskaya ◽  
G.A. Bazilevskaya ◽  
N.S. Svirzhevsky ◽  
M.B. Krainev
Keyword(s):  
Solar Wind ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Cosmic Ray ◽  
Speed Solar Wind ◽  
High Speed Solar Wind
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