A case study of correspondence between Pc1 activity and ionospheric irregularities at polar latitudes
Abstract A possible driver of precipitation of magnetospheric energetic electrons in the high-latitude atmosphere is represented by electromagnetic ion-cyclotron (EMIC) magnetospheric waves. The precipitating particles produce variations, by collision, in the ionized component of the atmosphere, alt...
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ftunivoulu:oai:oulu.fi:nbnfi-fe2020070346867 2023-07-30T03:58:02+02:00 A case study of correspondence between Pc1 activity and ionospheric irregularities at polar latitudes Francia, P. (P.) Regi, M. (M.) De Lauretis, M. (M.) Pezzopane, M. (M.) Cesaroni, C. (C.) Spogli, L. (L.) Raita, T. (T.) 2020 application/pdf http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2020070346867 eng eng Springer Nature info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess © The Author(s) 2020. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Ionospheric irregularities Solar wind ULF waves info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2020 ftunivoulu 2023-07-08T19:56:56Z Abstract A possible driver of precipitation of magnetospheric energetic electrons in the high-latitude atmosphere is represented by electromagnetic ion-cyclotron (EMIC) magnetospheric waves. The precipitating particles produce variations, by collision, in the ionized component of the atmosphere, altering its chemistry and electrical conductivity, with a significant impact on the atmospheric processes. In this framework, it would be significant to find experimental evidence of a correspondence between ionospheric electron density irregularities and the occurrence of Ultra-Low-Frequency (ULF) Pc1 geomagnetic pulsations, i.e., the ground signatures of EMIC waves, at high latitudes. In this work, we face this subject by considering a specific case study occurred on 22 February 2007 during quiet magnetospheric conditions. The study is based on the analysis of simultaneous ULF geomagnetic field and Total Electron Content (TEC) measurements recorded at Mario Zucchelli Station in Antarctica. We show that Pc1 pulsations occur in correspondence to solar wind pressure increases and that, at the same time, the ionosphere is characterized by the presence of ionospheric irregularities. We suggest that a possible link between the Pc1 activity and the ionospheric irregularities may be energetic electron precipitations, driven by EMIC waves generated in the compressed magnetosphere, which produce density variations in the ionized component of the atmosphere. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Jultika - University of Oulu repository Mario Zucchelli ENVELOPE(164.123,164.123,-74.695,-74.695) Mario Zucchelli Station ENVELOPE(164.117,164.117,-74.700,-74.700) |
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Abstract A possible driver of precipitation of magnetospheric energetic electrons in the high-latitude atmosphere is represented by electromagnetic ion-cyclotron (EMIC) magnetospheric waves. The precipitating particles produce variations, by collision, in the ionized component of the atmosphere, altering its chemistry and electrical conductivity, with a significant impact on the atmospheric processes. In this framework, it would be significant to find experimental evidence of a correspondence between ionospheric electron density irregularities and the occurrence of Ultra-Low-Frequency (ULF) Pc1 geomagnetic pulsations, i.e., the ground signatures of EMIC waves, at high latitudes. In this work, we face this subject by considering a specific case study occurred on 22 February 2007 during quiet magnetospheric conditions. The study is based on the analysis of simultaneous ULF geomagnetic field and Total Electron Content (TEC) measurements recorded at Mario Zucchelli Station in Antarctica. We show that Pc1 pulsations occur in correspondence to solar wind pressure increases and that, at the same time, the ionosphere is characterized by the presence of ionospheric irregularities. We suggest that a possible link between the Pc1 activity and the ionospheric irregularities may be energetic electron precipitations, driven by EMIC waves generated in the compressed magnetosphere, which produce density variations in the ionized component of the atmosphere. |
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Francia, P. (P.) Regi, M. (M.) De Lauretis, M. (M.) Pezzopane, M. (M.) Cesaroni, C. (C.) Spogli, L. (L.) Raita, T. (T.) |
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Francia, P. (P.) Regi, M. (M.) De Lauretis, M. (M.) Pezzopane, M. (M.) Cesaroni, C. (C.) Spogli, L. (L.) Raita, T. (T.) |
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A case study of correspondence between Pc1 activity and ionospheric irregularities at polar latitudes |
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A case study of correspondence between Pc1 activity and ionospheric irregularities at polar latitudes |
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A case study of correspondence between Pc1 activity and ionospheric irregularities at polar latitudes |
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A case study of correspondence between Pc1 activity and ionospheric irregularities at polar latitudes |
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A case study of correspondence between Pc1 activity and ionospheric irregularities at polar latitudes |
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case study of correspondence between pc1 activity and ionospheric irregularities at polar latitudes |
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2020 |
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ENVELOPE(164.123,164.123,-74.695,-74.695) ENVELOPE(164.117,164.117,-74.700,-74.700) |
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Mario Zucchelli Mario Zucchelli Station |
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