Unusual locations of Earth's bow shock on September 24–25, 1987: Mach number effects

1995 ◽  
Vol 100 (A1) ◽  
pp. 47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iver H. Cairns ◽  
Donald H. Fairfield ◽  
Roger R. Anderson ◽  
Victoria E. H. Carlton ◽  
Karolen I. Paularena ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mach Number ◽  
Bow Shock ◽  
Earth’S Bow Shock

scholarly journals Diminishing activity of recent solar cycles (22–24) and their impact on geospace

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. A1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bharati Kakad ◽  
Amar Kakad ◽  
Durbha Sai Ramesh ◽  
Gurbax S. Lakhina
Keyword(s):  
Solar Wind ◽  
Solar Activity ◽  
Mach Number ◽  
High Latitude ◽  
Magnetic Energy ◽  
Coupling Parameter ◽  
Energy Coupling ◽  
Bow Shock ◽  
Solar Cycles ◽  
Earth’S Bow Shock

This study examines the variation of different energies linked with the Sun and the Earth’s magnetosphere-ionosphere systems for solar cycles (SCs) 22–24 for which the gradual decrease in the solar activity is noticed. Firstly, we investigated the variation of solar magnetic energy density (SMED) for SCs 21–24 and its relation to the solar activity. We observed distinct double peak structures in SMED for the past four SCs, 21–24. This feature is consistent with noticeable asymmetry in their two peaks. For SCs 22–24 a significant decrease is observed in the integrated SMED of each SC. This reduction is 37% from SCs 22 to 23 and 51% from SCs 23 to 24, which indicates substantial weakening of Sun’s magnetic field for SC 24. Also, the magnetic, kinetic, and thermal energy densities at the Earth’s bow-shock nose are found to be considerably low for the SC 24. We examined the solar wind Alfven speed, magnetosonic Mach number, solar wind-magnetosphere energy coupling parameter (ε), and the Chapman-Ferraro magnetopause distance (LCF) for the SCs 22–24. The estimated maximum stand-off magnetopause distance is larger for SC 24 (LCF ≤ 10.6 RE) as compared to SC 23 (LCF ≤ 10.2 RE) and SC 22 (LCF ≤ 9.8 RE). The solar wind Alfven speeds during SCs 22 and 23 are in the same range and do not exceed ≈73 km/s whereas, it is below 57 km/s for SC 24. A lower bound of solar wind magnetosonic Mach number for SC 24 is larger (M ≥ 6.9) as compared to SC 22 (M ≥ 5.9) and SC 23 (M ≥ 6). We noticed weakening in the energy coupling parameter for SC 24, which resulted in substantial (15%–38%) decrease in average strength of high latitude ionospheric (AE), low latitude magnetospheric (Dst) and equatorial ionospheric (EEJ) current systems in comparison with SC 23. Subsequently, a reduction of ≈30% is manifested in the high latitude Joule heating for SC 24. Overall this study indicates the significant step down in various energies at Sun, Earth’s bow-shock, and near Earth environment for current SC 24, which will have important implication on our Earth’s atmosphere-ionosphere-magnetosphere system.

Acceleration of solar flare ³He at the Earth's bow shock

1997 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. Dwyer ◽  
G. M. Mason ◽  
J. E. Mazur ◽  
T. T. von Rosenvinge
Keyword(s):  
Solar Flare ◽  
Bow Shock ◽  
Earth’S Bow Shock

Stability of electron distributions within the Earth's bow shock

1983 ◽  
Vol 88 (A4) ◽  
pp. 3035 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. F. Thomsen ◽  
H. C. Barr ◽  
S. Peter Gary ◽  
W. C. Feldman ◽  
T. E. Cole
Keyword(s):  
Bow Shock ◽  
Electron Distributions ◽  
Earth’S Bow Shock

Active current sheets near the Earth's bow shock

1988 ◽  
Vol 93 (A10) ◽  
pp. 11295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven J. Schwartz ◽  
Ramona L. Kessel ◽  
Cassandra C. Brown ◽  
Les J. C. Woolliscroft ◽  
Malcolm W. Dunlop ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bow Shock ◽  
Current Sheets ◽  
Earth’S Bow Shock

scholarly journals Global MHD Simulations of the Earth's Bow Shock Shape and Motion Under Variable Solar Wind Conditions

2018 ◽  
Vol 123 (1) ◽  
pp. 259-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Mejnertsen ◽  
J. P. Eastwood ◽  
H. Hietala ◽  
S. J. Schwartz ◽  
J. P. Chittenden
Keyword(s):  
Solar Wind ◽  
Bow Shock ◽  
Mhd Simulations ◽  
Earth’S Bow Shock
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