Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2004

Publication Title

Annales Geophysicae

Department

Department of Physics and Astronomy

Additional Department

Thayer School of Engineering

Abstract

A study of Pc-5 magnetic pulsations using data from the Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite (CRRES) was carried out. Three-component dynamic mag- netic field spectrograms have been used to survey ULF pul- sation activity for the approximate fourteen month lifetime of CRRES. Two-hour panels of dynamic spectra were exam- ined to find events which fall into two basic categories: 1) toroidal modes (fundamental and harmonic resonances) and 2) poloidal modes, which include compressional oscillations. The occurence rates were determined as a function of L value and local time. The main result is a comparable probabil- ity of occurence of toroidal mode oscillations on the dawn and dusk sides of the magnetosphere inside geosynchronous orbit, while poloidal mode oscillations occur predominantly along the dusk side, consistent with high azimuthal mode number excitation by ring current ions.

Pc-5 pulsations following Storm Sudden Commencements (SSCs) were examined separately. The spatial distribution of modes for the SSC events was consistent with the statistical study for the lifetime of CRRES. The toroidal fundamental (and harmonic) resonances are the dominant mode seen on the dawn-side of the magnetosphere following SSCs. Power is mixed in all three components. In the 21 dusk side SSC events there were only a few examples of purely compres- sional (two) or radial (one) power in the CRRES study, a few more examples of purely toroidal modes (six), with all three components predominant in about half (ten) of the events.

DOI

10.5194/angeo-22-289-2004

Comments

M. K. Hudson;R. E. Denton;M. R. Lessard;E. G. Miftakhova;R. R. Anderson

Original Citation

Hudson, M. K., Denton, R. E., Lessard, M. R., Miftakhova, E. G., and Anderson, R. R.: A study of Pc-5 ULF oscillations, Ann. Geophys., 22, 289–302, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-22-289-2004, 2004.

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