Coordinated interhemispheric SuperDARN radar observations of the ionsopheric response to flux transfer events observed by the Cluster spacecraft at the high-latitude magnetopause

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1807-1826

  Wild, J A ^a   Milan, S E ^a   Cowley, S W H ^a   Dunlop, M W ^b   Owen, C J ^c   Bosqued, J M ^d   Taylor, M G G T ^c   Davies, J A ^a   Lester, M ^a   Sato, N ^e   Yukimato, A S ^e   Fazakerley, A N ^c   Balogh, A ^b   Reme H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d IRAP   (France)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (plasma convection); Magnetospheric physics (magnetosphere ionosphere interactions; magnetospheric configuration and dynamics)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0141683560     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (62)

1. Balogh, A., Dunlop, M. W., Cowley, S. W. H., Southwood, D. J., Thomlinson, J. G., Glassmeier, K.-H., Musmann, G., Lühr, H., Buchert, S., Acuna, M. H., Fairfield, D. H., Slavin, J. A., Riedler, W., Schwingenschuh, K., and Kivelson, M. G.: The Cluster magnetic fields investigation. Space Sci. Rev., 79, 65-91, 1997.
2. Balogh, A., Carr, C. M., Acuna, M. H., Dunlop, M. W., Beek, T. J., Brown, P., Fornaçon, K.-H., Georgescu, E., Glassmeier, K.-H., Harris, J., Musmann, G., Oddy, T., and Schwingenschuh, K.: The Cluster Magnetic Field Investigation: overview of in-flight performance and initial results, Ann. Geophysicae, 19, 1207-1217, 2001.
3. Berchem, J. and Russell, C. T.: Flux transfer events on the magnetopause: spatial distribution and controlling factors, J. Geophys. Res., 89, 6698, 1984.
4. Y-dependent plasma flow and Birkeland currents in the dayside magnetosphere. 1. Dynamics Explorer observations. J. Geophys. Res., 90, 1577-9415, 1985.
5. Cowley, S. W. H.: The causes of convection in the Earth's magnetosphere - a review of developments during the IMS, Rev. Geophys. Space Phys., 20, 531-565, 1982.
6. Cowley, S. W. H.: The impact of recent observations on theoretical understanding of solar wind-magnetosphere interactions, J. Geomag. Geoelectr., 38, 1223-1256, 1986.
7. Cowley, S. W. H. and Owen, C. J.: A simple illustrative model of open flux tube motion over the dayside magnetopause. Planet. Space Sci., 37, 1461-1475, 1989.
8. Cowley, S. W. H. and Lockwood, M.: Excitation and decay of solar wind-driven flows in the magnetosphere-ionosphere system. Ann. Geophysicae, 10, 103-15, 1992.
9. Cowley, S. W. H., Freeman, M. P., Lockwood, M., and Smith, M. F.: The ionospheric signature of flux transfer events, in "Cluster: Dayside Polar Cusp". ESA SP-330, ESA, Noordwijk. The Netherlands, 105-112, 1991.
10. Davies, J. A., Yeoman, T. K., Rae, I. J., Milan, S. E., Lester, M., Lockwood, M., and McWilliams, K. A.: Ground-based observations of the auroral zone and polar cap ionospheric responses to dayside transient reconnection, Ann. Geophysicae, 20, 781-794, 2002.
11. Elphic, R. C., Lockwood, M., Cowley, S. W. H. and Sandholt, P. E.: Flux transfer events at the magnetopause and in the ionosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 2241-2244, 1990.
12. Farrugia, C. J., Rijnbeek, R. P., Saunders, M. A., Southwood, D. J., Rodgers, D. J., Smith, M. F., Chaloner, C. P., Hall, D. S., Christiansen, P. J., and Woolliscroft, L. J. C.: A multi-instrument study of flux transfer event structure, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 14 465-14 477, 1988.
13. Feldstein, Y. I. and Starkov, G. V.: Dynamics of auroral belt and geomagnetic disturbances, Planet. Space Sci., 15, 209-229, 1967.
14. Greenwald, R. A., Baker, K. B., Dudeney, J. R., Pinnock, M., Jones, T. B., Thomas, E. C., Villain, J.-P., Cerisier, J.C., Senior, C., Hanuise, C., Hunsucker, R. D., Sofko, G., Koehler, J., Nielsen, E., Pellinen, R., Walker, A. D. M., Sato, N., and Yamagishi, H.: Darn/SuperDARN: a global view of the dynamics of high-latitude convection, Space Sci. Rev. 71, 761-796, 1995.
15. Haerendel, G., Paschmann, G., Sckopke, N., Rosenbauer, H., and Hedgecock, P. C.: The frontside boundary layer of the magnetopause and the problem of reconnection, J. Geophys. Res., 83, 3195-216, 1978.
16. Heelis, R. A.: The effects of interplanetary magnetic field orientation on dayside high-latitude ionospheric convection, J. Geophys. Res., 89, 2873-2880, 1984.
17. Johnstone, A. D., Alsop, C., Burge, S., Carter, P. J., Coates, A. J., Coker, A. J., Fazakerley, A. N., Grande, M., Gowen, R. A., Gurgiolo, C., Hancock, B. K., Narheim, B., Preece, A., Sheather, P. H., Winningham, J. D., and Woodlife, R. D.: PEACE: A Plasma Elctron And Current Instrument. Space Sci. Rev., 79, 351-398, 1997.
18. Kawano, H. and Russell, C. T.: Survey of flux transfer events observed with the ISEE 1 spacecraft: dependence on the interplanetary magnetic field, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 11 307-11 313, 1997.
19. Khan, H. and Cowley, S. W. H.: Observations of the response time of high latitude ionospheric convection to variations in the interplanetary magnetic field using EISCAT and IMP-8 data, Ann. Geophysicae, 17, 1306-1335, 1999.
20. Lockwood, M., Sandholt, P. E., Cowley, S. W. H., and Oguti, T.: Interplanetary field control of dayside auroral activity and the transfer of momentum across the dayside magnetopause. Planet. Space Sci., 37, 1347-1365, 1989.
21. Lockwood, M., Cowley, S. W. H., Sandholt, P. E., and Lepping, R. P.: The ionospheric signatures of flux transfer events and solar wind dynamic pressure changes, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 17 113-17 135, 1990.
22. Lockwood, M., Moen, J., Cowley, S. W. H., Farmer, A. D., Løvhaug, U. P., Lühr, H., and Davda, V. N.: Variability of dayside convection and motions of the cusp/cleft aurora, Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 1011-1014, 1993.
23. McComas, D. J., Bame, S. J., Barker, P., Feldman, W. C., Phillips, J. L., Riley, P., and Griffe, J. W.: Solar Wind Electron Proton Alpha Monitor (SWEPAM) for the Advanced Composition Explorer, Space Sci. Rev., 86, 563-612, 1998.
24. McHenry, M. A. and Clauer, C. R.: Modeled ground magnetic signatures of flux transfer events, J. Geophys. Res., 92, 11 231-11 240, 1987.
25. McWilliams, K. A., Yeoman, T. K., and Provan, G.: A statistical study of dayside pulsed ionospheric flows as seen by the CUTLASS Finland HF radar, Ann. Geophysicae. 18, 445-453, 2000.
26. Milan, S. E., Lester, M., Greenwald, R. A., and Sofko, G.: The ionospheric signature of transient dayside reconnection and the associated pulsed convection return flow, Ann. Geophysicae, 17, 1166-1171, 1999.
27. Milan, S. E., Lester, M., Cowley, S. W. H., and Brittnacher, M.: Convection and auroral response to a southward turning of the IMF: Polar UVI, CUTLASS, and IMAGE signatures of transient magnetic flux transfer at the magnetopause, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 15 741-15 756, 2000.
28. Moses, J. J., Siscoe, G. L., Crooker, N. U., and Gorney, D. J.: IMF By and day-night conductivity effects in the expanding polar cap convection model, J. Geophys. Res., 92, 1193-1198, 1987.
29. Neudegg, D. A., Yeoman, T. K., Cowley, S. W. H., Provan, G., Haerendel, G., Baumjohann, W., Auster, U., Fornaçon, K.-H., Georgescu, E., and Owen, C. J.: A flux transfer event observed at the magnetopause by the Equator-S spacecraft and in the ionosphere by the CUTLASS HF radar, Ann. Geophysicae, 17, 707-711, 1999.
30. Neudegg, D. A., Cowley, S. W. H., Milan, S. E., Yeoman, T. K., Lester, M., Provan, G., Haerendel, G., Baumjohann, W., Nikutowski, B., Büchner, J., Auster, U., Fornaçon, K.-H., and Georgescu, E.: A survey of magnetopause FTEs and associated flow bursts in the polar ionosphere, Ann. Geophysicae, 18, 416-435, 2000.
31. Neudegg, D. A., Cowley, S. W. H., McWilliams, K. A., Lester, M., Yeoman, T. K., Sigwarth, J., Haerendel, G., Baumjohann, W., Auster, U., Fornaçon, K.-H., and Georgescu, E.: The UV aurora and ionospheric flows during flux transfer events, Ann. Geophysicae, 19, 179-188, 2001.
32. Owen, C. J., Fazakerley, A. N., Carter, P. J., Coates, A. J., Krauklis, I. C., Szita, S., Taylor, M. G. G. T., Travnicek, P., Watson, G., Wilson, R. J., Balogh, A., and Dunlop, M. W.: Cluster PEACE observations of electrons during magnetospheric flux transfer events, Ann. Geophysicae, 19, 1509-1522, 2001.
33. Paschmann, G., Haerendel, G., Papamastorakis, I., Sckopke, N., Bame, S. J., Gosling, J. T., and Russell, C. T.: Plasma and magnetic field characteristics of flux transfer events, J. Geophys. Res., 87, 2159-2168, 1982.
34. Pinnock, M., Rodger, A. S., Dudeney, J. R., Baker, K. B., Newell, P. T., Greenwald, R. A., and Greenspan, M. E.: Observations of an enhanced convection channel in the cusp ionosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 3767-3776, 1993.
35. Pinnock, M., Rodger, A. S., Dudeney, J. R., Rich, F., and Baker, K. B.: High spatial and temporal resolution observations of the ionospheric cusp, Ann. Geophysicae, 13, 919-925, 1995.
36. Provan, G., Yeoman, T. K., and Milan, S. E.: CUTLASS Finland radar observations of the ionospheric signatures of flux transfer events and the resulting plasma flows, Ann. Geophysicae, 16, 1411-1422, 1998.
37. Provan, G. and Yeoman, T. K.: Statistical observations of the MLT. latitude and size of pulsed ionospheric flows with the CUTLASS Finland radar, Ann. Geophysicae, 17, 855-867, 1999.
38. Y component on the location of pulsed flows in the dayside ionosphere observed by an HF radar, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 521-524, 1999.
39. Rème, H., Bosqued, J.-M., Sauvaud, J. A., Cros, A., Dandouras, J., Aoustin, C., Bouyssou, J., Camus, Th., Cuvilo, J., Martz, C., M'Edale, J. L., Perrier, H., Romefort, D., Rouzaud, J., D'uston, C., Möbius, E., Crocker, K., Granoff, M., Kistler, L. M., Popecki, M., Hovestadt, D., Klecker, B., Paschmann, G., Scholer, M., Carlson, C. W., Curtis, D. W., Lin, R. P., McFadden, J. P., Formisano, V., Amata, E., Bavassano-Cattaneo, M. B., Baldetti, P., Belluci, G., Bruno, R., Chionchio, G., Di Lellis, A., Shelley, E. G., Ghielmetti, A. G., Lennartsson, W., Korth, A., Rosenbauer, H., Lundin, R., Olsen, S., Parks, G. K., McCarthy, M., and Balsiger, H.: The Cluster Ion Spectrometry (CIS) Experiment, Space Sci. Rev., 79, 303-350, 1997.
40. Rème H., Aoustin, C., Bosqued, J.-M., Dandouras, I., Lavraud, B., Sauvaud, J. A., Barthe, A., J. Bouyssou, J., Camus, Th., Coeur-Joly, O., Cros, A., Cuvilo, J., Ducay, F., Garbarowitz, Y., Medale, J. L., Penou, E., Perrier, H., Romefort, D., Rouzaud, J., Vallat, C., Alcaydé, D., Jacquey, C., Mazelle, C., d'Uston, C., Möbius, E., Kistler, L. M., Crocker, K., Granoff, M., Mouikis, C., Popecki, M., Vosbury, M., Klecker, B., Hovestadt, D., Kucharek, H., Kuenneth, E., Paschmann, G., Scholer, M., Sckopke, N., Seidenschwang, E., Carlson, C. W., Curtis, D. W., Ingraham, C., Lin, R. P., McFadden, J. P., Parks, G. K., Phan, T., Formisano, V., Amata, E., Bavassano-Cattaneo, M. B., Baldetti, P., Bruno, R., Chionchio, G., Di Lellis, A., Marcucci, M. F., Pallocchia, G., Korth, A., Daly, P. W., Graeve, B., Rosenbauer, H., Vasyliunas, V., McCarthy, M., Wilber, M., Eliasson, L., Lundin, R., Olsen, S., Shelley, E. G., Fuselier, S., Ghielmetti, A. G., Lennartsson, W., Escoubet, C. P., Balsiger, H., Friedel, R., Cao, J-B., Kovrazhkin, R. A., Papamastorakis, I., Pellat, R., Scudder, J., and Sonnerup, B.: First multispacecraft ion measurements in and near the Earth's magnetosphere with the identical Cluster ion spectrometry (CIS) experiment, Ann. Geophysicae. 19, 1303-1354, 2001.
41. Rijnbeek, R. P., Cowley, S. W. H., Southwood, D. J., and Russell, C. T.: A survey of dayside flux transfer events observed by ISEE 1 and 2 magnetometers, J. Geophys. Res., 89, 786-800, 1984.
42. Rodger, A. S. and Pinnock, M.: The ionospheric response to FTEs: the first few minutes, Ann. Geophysicae. 15, 685-691, 1997.
43. Ruohoniemi, J. M. and Greenwald, R. A.: Statistical patterns of high-latitude convection obtained from Goose Bay HF radar observations, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 21 746-21 763, 1996.
44. Ruohoniemi, J. M. and Baker, K. B.: Large-scale imaging of high-latitude convection with Super Dual Auroral Radar Network HF radar observations, J. Geophys. Res., 20 797-20 811, 103, 1998.
45. Russell, C. T. and Elphic, R. C.: Initial ISEE magnetometer results: magnetopause observations, Space Sci. Rev., 22, 681-715, 1978.
46. Russell, C. T. and Elphic, R. C.: ISEE observations of flux transfer events at the dayside magnetopause, Geophys. Res. Lett., 6, 33-36, 1979.
47. Sandholt, P. E., Lockwood, M., Oguti, T., Cowley, S. W. H., Freeman, K. S. C., Lybekk, B., Egeland, A., and Willis, D. M.: Midday auroral breakup events and related energy and momentum transfer from the magnetosheath, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 1039-1060, 1990.
48. Saunders, M. A., Russell, C. T., and Sckopke, N.: Flux transfer events: scale size and interior structure. Geophys. Res. Lett., 11, 131-134, 1984.
49. Scholer, M.: Magnetic flux transfer at the magnetopause based on singe X-line bursty reconnection, Geophys. Res. Lett., 15, 291-294, 1988.
50. Shue, J.-H., Chao, J. K., Fu, H. C., Russell, C. T., Song, P., Khurana, K. K., and Singer, H. J.: A new functional form to study the solar wind control of the magnetopause size and shape, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 9497-9511, 1997.
51. Smith, C. W., Acuna, M. H., Burlaga, L. F., L'Heureux, J., Ness, N. F., and Scheifele, J.: The ACE Magnetic Fields Experiment, Space Sci. Rev., 86, 613-632, 1998.
52. Sonnerup, B. U. O. and Cahill, L. J.: Magnetopause structure and attitude from Explorer 12 observations, J. Geophys. Res., 72, 171-183, 1967.
53. Southwood, D. J.: Theoretical aspects of the ionosphere-magnetosphere-solar wind coupling, Adv. Space Res., 5, 7-14, 1985.
54. Southwood, D. J.: The ionospheric signature of flux transfer events, J. Geophys. Res., 92, 3207-3213, 1987.
55. Southwood, D. J., Farrugia, C. J., and Saunders, M. A.: What are flux transfer events?. Planet. Space Sci., 36, 503-508, 1988.
56. Stone, E. C., Frandsen, A. M., Mewaldt, R. A., Christian, E. R., Marglies, D., Ormes, J. F., and Snow, F.: The Advanced Composition Explorer, Space Sci. Rev., 86, 1-22, 1998.
57. Thorolfsson, A., Cerisier, J. C., Lockwood, M., Sandholt, P. E., Senior, C., and Lester, M.: Simultaneous optical and radar signatures of poleward-moving auroral forms, Ann. Geophysicae, 18, 1054-1066, 2000.
58. Tsyganenko, N. A.: Modeling the Earth's magnetospheric magnetic field within a realistic magnetopause, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 5599-5612, 1995.
59. Tsyganenko, N. A.: Effects of the solar wind conditions on the global magnetospheric configuration as deduced from data-based field. in: "Proc. 3rd Internat. Conf. on Substorms (ICS-3)", ESA SP-389, 181-185, 1996.
60. van Eyken, A. P., Rishbeth, H., Willis, D. M., and Cowley, S. W. H.: Initial EISCAT observations of plasma convection at invariant latitudes 70°-77°, J. Atmos. Terr. Phys., 46, 635-641, 1984.
61. Wei, C. Q. and Lee, L. C.: Ground magnetic signatures of moving elongated plasma clouds, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 2405-2418, 1990.
62. Wild, J. A., Cowley, S. W. H., Davies, J. A., Khan, H., Lester, M., Milan, S. E., Provan, G., Yeoman, T. K., Balogh, A., Dunlop, M. W., Fornaçon, K.-H., and Georgescu, E.: First simultaneous observations of flux transfer events at the high-latitude magnetopause by the Cluster spacecraft and pulsed radar signatures in the conjugate ionosphere by the CUTLASS and EISCAT radars, Ann. Geophysicae, 19, 1491-1508, 2001.