Field line resonant frequencies and ionospheric conductance: Results from a 2-D MHD model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Waters, C L ^a   Sciffer, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 48249132488     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012822     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Alfvén, H., and C. G. Fälthammar (1963), Cosmical Electrodynamics, Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford.
2. Alperovich, L. S., and E. N. Fedorov (1992), On hydromagnetic wave beams propagation through the ionosphere, Ann. Geophys., 10, 647.
3. Baransky, L. N., J. E. Borovkov, M. B. Gokhberg, S. M. Krylov, and V. A. Troitskaya (1985), High resolution of direct measurement of the magnetic field lines' eigen frequencies, Planet. Space Sci., 33, 1369.
4. Budnik, F., M. Stellmacher, K.-H. Glassmeier, and S. C. Buchert (1998), Ionospheric conductance distribution and mhd wave structure: Observation and model, Ann. Geophys., 16, 140-147.
5. Chappell, C., K. Harris, and G. Sharp (1970), A study of the influence on magnetic activity on the location of the plasmapause as measured by OGO 5, J. Geophys. Res., 75(1), 50-56.
6. Cummings, W. D., R. J. O'Sullivan, and P. J. Coleman (1969), Standing alfven waves in the magnetosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 74(3), 778-793.
7. D'haeseleer, W. D., W. N. G. Hitchon, J. D. Callen, and J. L. Shohet (1991), Flux Coordinates and Magnetic Field Structure, Springer-Verlag, New York.
8. Dungey, J. W. (1954), Electrodynamics of the outer atmosphere, Sci. Rep. 69, Ionos. Res. Lab., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park. Gul'elmi, A. V. (1967), Theory of hydromagnetic sounding of plasma concentration in the exosphere, Geomagn. Aeron., 7, 357.
9. Hughes, W. J. (1974), The effect of the atmosphere and ionosphere on long period magnetospheric micropulsations, Planet. Space Sci., 22, 1157-1172.
10. Hughes, W. J. (1983), Hydromagnetic waves in the magnetosphere, in Solar-Terrestrial Physics: Principles and Theoretical Foundations, edited by R. L. Carovillano and J. M. Forbes, pp. 453 -477,
11. D. Reidel, Dordrecht, Holland. Hughes, W. J., and D. Southwood (1976), The screening of micropulsation signals by the atmosphere and ionosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 81(19), 3234-3240.
12. Kabin, K., R. Rankin, C. L. Waters, R. Marchand, E. F. Donovan, and J. C. Samson (2006), Different eigenproblem models for field line resonances in cold plasma: Effect of magnetospheric density estimates, Planet. Space Sci., doi:10.1016/j.pss.2006.03.014.
13. Lee, D. H., and R. L. Lysak (1989), Magnetospheric ULF wave coupling in the dipole model: The impulsive excitation, J. Geophys. Res., 94(A12), 17,097-17,103.
14. Lee, D. H., and R. L. Lysak (1991), Impulsive excitation of ULF waves in the three dimensional dipole model: The initial results, J. Geophys. Res., 96(A3), 3479-3486.
15. Lysak, R. L. (2004), Magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling by alfven waves at midlatitudes, J. Geophys. Res., 109, A07201, doi:10.1029/2004JA010454.
16. Menk, F. W., C. L. Waters, and B. J. Fraser (2000), Field line resonances and waveguide modes at low latitudes, 1. Observations, J. Geophys. Res., 105(A4), 7747-7761.
17. Nishida, A. (1964), Ionospheric screening effect and storm sudden commencement, J. Geophys. Res., 69(9), 1861-1874.
18. Obayashi, T., and J. A. Jacobs (1958), Geomagnetic pulsations and the earth's outer atmosphere, Geophys. J. R. Astron. Soc., 1, 53.
19. Olson, J. V., and G. Rostoker (1978), Longitudional phase variation of pc4-5 micropulsations., J. Geophys. Res., 83(A6), 2481-2488.
20. Orr, D., and J. A. D. Matthew (1971), The variation of geomagnetic pulsation periods with latitude and the plasmapause, Planet. Space Sci., 19, 897.
21. Proehl, J. A., W. Lotko, I. Kouznetsov, and S. D. Germer (2002), Ultralow-frequency magnetohydrodynamics in boundary-constrained geomagnetic flux coordinates, J. Geophys. Res., 107(A9), 1225, doi:10.1029/2001JA000135.
22. Rankin, R., K. Kabin, and R. Marchand (2006), Alfvenic field line resonances in arbitrary magnetic field topology, Adv. Space Res., 38, 1720-1729.
23. Scholer, M. (1970), On the motion of artificial ion clouds in the magnetosphere, Planet. Space Sci., 18, 977.
24. Sciffer, M. D., and C. L. Waters (2002), Propagation of ULF waves through the ionosphere: Analytic solutions for oblique magnetic fields, J. Geophys. Res., 107(A10), 1297, doi:10.1029/2001JA000184.
25. Sciffer, M. D., C. L. Waters, and F. W. Menk (2004), Propagation of ULF waves through the ionosphere: Inductive effect for oblique magnetic fields, Ann. Geophys., 22, 1155.
26. Sciffer, M. D., C. L. Waters, and F. W. Menk (2005), A numerical model to investigate the polarisation azimuth of ULF waves through the ionosphere with oblique magnetic fields, Ann. Geophys., 23, 3457-3471.
27. Singer, H. J., D. J. Southwood, R. J. Walker, and M. G. Kivelson (1981), Alfven wave resonances in a realistic magnetospheric magnetic field geometry, J. Geophys. Res., 86(A6), 4589-4596.
28. Sorokin, V. M. (1970), The role of the ionosphere in the propagation of geomagnetic pulsations, Geomagn. Aeron., 26, 532.
29. Takahashi, K., and R. L. McPherron (1984), Multispacecraft observations of the harmonic structure of pc3-4 magnetic pulsations, J. Geophys. Res., 89(A8), 6758-6774.
30. Tamao, T. (1964), The structure of three-dimensional hydromagnetic waves in a uniform cold plasma, J. Geomagn. Geoelectr., 16, 89.
31. Waters, C. L., F. W. Menk, and B. J. Fraser (1991), The resonant structure of low latitude pc 3 geomagnetic pulsations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 18(12), 2293-2296.
32. Waters, C. L., J. C. Samson, and E. F. Donovan (1996), Variation of plasmatrough density derived from magnetospheric field line resonances, J. Geophys. Res., 101(A11), 24,737-24,745.
33. Waters, C. L., K. Kabin, R. Rankin, E. Donovan, and J. C. Samson (2006), Effects of the magnetic field model and wave polarisation on the estimation of proton number densities in the magnetosphere, Planet. Space Sci, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2006.04.041.
34. Wright, A. N., and N. W. Evans (1991), Magnetic geometries that carry decoupled transverse or compressional magnetic field oscillations, J. Geophys. Res., 96(A1), 209-216.
35. Yagova, N., V. Pilipenko, E. Fedorov, M. Villante, and K. Yumoto (1999), Influence of ionospheric conductivity on mid-latitude pc 3-4 pulsations, Earth Planets Space, 51, 129-138.
36. Yoshikawa, A., and M. Itonaga (1999), Eigenmode analysis of field line oscillations interacting with the ionosphere-atmosphere-solid earth electromagnetic coupled system, J. Geophys. Res., 104(A12), 28,437-28,457.
37. Yoshikawa, A., and M. Itonaga (2000), The nature of reflection and mode conversion of mhd waves in the inductive ionosphere: Multistep mode conversion between divergent and rotational electric fields, Geophys. Res. Lett., 105(B2), 10,565-10,584.
38. Yoshikawa, A., M. Itonaga, S. Fujita, H. Nakata, and K. Yumoto (1996), Reflection of shear alfven waves at the ionosphere and the divergent hall current, Geophys. Res. Lett., 23(1), 101-104.
39. Zhang, D. Y., and K. D. Cole (1994), Some aspects of ULF electromagnetic wave relations in a stratified ionosphere by the method of boundary value problem, J. Atmos. Terr. Phys., 56, 681-690.