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Monochromatic Pc5 Modulations of the Ionospheric Velocities and TEC and GOES-16 Magnetic Field Associated with Repeated Solar Wind Dynamic Pressure Enhancement
  • Ram Singh,
  • Young-Sook Lee,
  • Yong Ha Kim
Ram Singh
Dept. of Astronomy and Space Science, College of Natural Sciences, Chungnam National University Daejeon, South Korea

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Young-Sook Lee
Chungnam National University
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Yong Ha Kim
Chungnam National University
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Abstract

This study presents ultra-low frequency (ULF) Pc5 discrete spectrum simultaneously observed in the magnetosphere and high- to low-latitude ionospheres near noon hours (~10-14 MLT) during the recovery phase of geomagnetic storm on November 4, 2021. During the recovery phase, magnetospheric toroidal mode oscillations (GOES-16 Bn) appeared according to solar wind dynamic pressure enhancements after GOES Bp and Be (poloidal mode) oscillations precede during high solar wind speeds. When Bn oscillates, the ionospheric line-of-sight (LOS) velocity and echo power oscillate at the same discrete frequencies of 1.7 and 2.2 mHz (9.7 and 7.5 min), observed by Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN) at Saskatoon (eastward LOS). The period of negative LOS velocity (away from the radar) for 7.5 min or 9.7 min corresponds to echo power increase. This signifies that both the ionospheric density and poleward convection velocity increase are driven by the periodic forcing of the convection electric field and energetic electron precipitation. The same frequency pulsations have also been observed in the geomagnetic field (H-component) and Global Positioning System (GPS) total electron content (TEC) from high- to low-latitude ionosphere. The oscillation frequency of the H-component is consistently preserved at 1.7 mHz (9.7 min) down to low latitudes. The Pc5 oscillations at high to low latitudes can be attributed to toroidal mode Alfven waves and the compressional mode propagating across magnetic field lines as well as the fast magnetosonic waveguide mode at work by the solar wind dynamic pressure enhancements at high solar wind speeds.
10 Apr 2023Submitted to ESS Open Archive
16 Apr 2023Published in ESS Open Archive