A multi-satellite study of magnetic pulsations associated with a storm sudden commencement (SSC) as observed at syochronous orbit

• Main Authors: Tohru Sakurai, Yutaka Tonegawa, Kiyoshi Tomomura, Yoshio Kato
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Tokai University/Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Tokai University/Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Tokai University/Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Tokai University 1984
• Subjects: Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=1588; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00001588/; https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=1588&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1

Oscillation characteristics of ultra-low frequency (ULF) hydromagnetic waves at synchronous orbit in response to a storm sudden commencement (SSC) are studied on the basis of the magnetic field observed on March 23,1975,simultaneously by the three synchronous satellites, SMS-1,SMS-2 and ATS-6,20 degrees apart from one another in longitude. The oscillations exhibited dampedtype, quasi-sinusoidal oscillations. They were purely transverse and azimuthally polarized, indicating a toroidal mode oscillation. The characteristics of the pure toroidal mode oscillation were emphasized with a drastic change of the oscillation component of the magnetic field perturbation from the radial (V) to the azimuthal (D) direction in association with the SSC. The oscillations appeared as a harmonic structure in the frequency. The dominant harmonics were odd ones, i. e. 1st, 3rd, etc. Furthermore, the frequencies of the harmonics observed at each satellite showed a clear local time dependence. In conclusion, the present study verifies that the ULF waves in association with the SSC on March 23,1975 in the afternoonside of the magnetosphere behaved as a clear standing oscillation of toroidal mode of the field line resonance excited by the SSC.