Monitoring of magnetospheric parameters based on cosmic ray effects in August 2018

• Published in: Solar-Terrestrial Physics
• Main Authors: Kovalev I. I., Olemskoy S. V., Sdobnov V. E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: INFRA-M 2023
• Subjects: cosmic rays; magnetosphere; ring current; geomagnetic storms; Astrophysics; QB460-466; Yakutsk
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.12737/stp-93202303; https://doaj.org/article/6d8f474cafd84dde9f06fd5b8778ee0e

Using data (uncorrected for the temperature effect) from the global network of neutron monitors (GNNM), along with data from the Yakutsk muon telescope complex and the muon hodoscope URAGAN (Moscow), we have applied a modified spectrographic global survey (SGS) method to the 2018 August event in order to split cosmic ray variations into components of primary, magnetospheric, and atmospheric origin. We obtained time variations in the 4 GV-rigidity primary particle isotropic flux and pitch-angle anisotropy, as well as in the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) orientation. We also showed variations in the geomagnetic cutoff rigidity (GCR) in Irkutsk. Using the obtained data on the changes in the planetary system of GCR within a simple model of a bounded magnetosphere, we have calculated some parameters of magnetospheric current systems, namely, the ring current radius, the magnetopause current radius, and the Dst index.