Multi-Satellite Observations of ULF Waves

Magnetospheric ULF Waves: Synthesis and New Directions

Volumn 169, Issue , 2013, Pages 109-135

  Volwerk, Martin ^a,b  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dynamics of a particle; Magnetohydrodynamic instabilities; Magnetohydrodynamic waves; Magnetosphere; Magnetospheric physics

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOSPHERE;

A-PARTICLES; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC INSTABILITIES; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC WAVES; MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS; MINIMUM VARIANCE ANALYSIS; MULTI-SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; MULTI-SPACECRAFT MISSION; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATIONS;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 49149086842     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/169GM09     Document Type: Chapter

References (94)

1. Abry, P., P. Gonçalvés, and P. Flandrin, Wavelets, spectrum estimation and 1/f precesses, in Wavelets and Statistics, Lect. Notes in Stat. Vol 103, edited by A. Antoniadis and G. Oppenheim, p15, Springer Verlag, New York, 1995.
2. Amm, O. et al, Coordinated studies of the geospace environment using Cluster, satellite and ground-based data: an interim review, Ann. Geophys., 23, 2129-2170, 2005.
3. Archer, M., T.S. Horbury, E.A. Lucek, C. Mazelle, A. Balogh, and I. Dandouras, Size and shape of ULF waves in the terrestrial foreshock, J. Geophys. Res., 110, A05208, doi:10.1029/2004JA010791, 2005.
4. Balikhin, M., T. Dudok de Wit, H.S.C.K. Alleyne, L.J.C. Woolliscroft, S.N. Walker, V. Krasnosel'skikh, W.A.C. Mier-Jedrzejeowicz, and W. Baumjohann, Experimental determination of the dispersion of waves observed upstream of a quasi-perpendicular shock, Geophys. Res. Lett., 24, 787-790, 1997.
5. Balikhin, M.A., O.A.Pokhotelov, S.N. Walker, E. Amata, M. André, M. Dunlop, and H.S.C.K. Alleyne, Minimum variance free wave identification: Application to Cluster electric field data in the magnetosheath, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30 (10), 1508, doi:10.1029/2003GL016918, 2003.
6. Balogh, A. et al, The Cluster magnetic field investigation: Overview of inflight perfomance and initial results, Ann. Geophys., 19, 1207-1217, 2001.
7. Bauer, T.M., W. Baumjohann, R.A. Treumann, N. Sckopke, and H. Lühr, Low-frequency waves in the near-Earth plasma sheet, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 9605-9617, 1995.
8. Baumjohann, W., M. Volwerk, R. Nakamura, A.V. Runov, T. Uozumi, T. Takada, B. Klecker, A. Balogh, and K. Yumoto, Pi2 observations by cluster in the magnetotail, AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, pp. SM41B-1181, 2005.
9. Berube, D., M.B. Moldwin, and M. Ahn, Comparing magnetospheric mass density from field line resonances in a realistic magnetic field geometry, J. Geophys. Res., 111, A08206, doi:10.1029/2005JA011540, 2006.
10. Burgess, D, What do we really know about upstream waves?, Adv. Space Res., 20, 673-682, 1997.
11. Capon, J., R.J. Greenfield, and R.J. Kolker, Multidimensional maximumlikelyhood processing of a large aperture seismic array, Proc. IEEE, 55, 192-213, 1967.
12. Chaston, C.C. et al, Energy deposition by alfvén waves into the dayside auroral oval: Cluster and FAST observations, J. Geophys. Res., 110, A02211, doi:10.1029/2004JA010483, 2005.
13. Constantinescu, O.D, Location of wave sources using Cluster as a sensor array, EGU Meeting Abstracts, pp. EGU06-A-03, 844, 2006.
14. Constantinescu, O.D., K.-H. Glassmeier, K.-H. Fornaçon, and R. Treumann, Searching wave source locations using Cluster data, EGU Meeting Abstracts, pp. EGU05-A-02, 572, 2005.
15. Cornilleau-Wehrlin, N. et al, The Cluster Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Field Fluctuations (STAFF) Experiment, Space Sci. Rev., 79, 107-136, 1997.
16. Cornilleau-Wehrlin, N. et al, First results obtained by the Cluster STAFF experiment, Ann. Geophys., 21, 437-456, 2003.
17. Cummings, W.D., R.J. O'Sullivan, and P.J. Coleman Jr., Standing Alfvén waves in the magnetosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 74, 778-793, 1969.
18. Dandouras, J, On the average shape and position of teh geomagnetic neutral sheet and its influence on the plasma sheet statistical studies, J. Geophys. Res., 93, 7345, 1988.
19. Durney, A.C., and K.W. Ogilvie, Introduction to the isee mission, Space Sci. Rev., 22, 679, 1978.
20. Eastwood, J.P., A. Balogh, M. Dunlop, and T.S. Horbury, Cluster observations of fast magnetosonic waves in the terrestrial foreshock, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29 (22), 2046, doi:10.1029/2002GL015582, 2002.
21. Eastwood, J.P., A. Balogh, A. Lucek, C. Mazelle, and I. Dandouras, On the existence of Alfvén waves in the terrestrial foreshock, Ann. Geophys., 21, 1457-1465, 2003.
22. Eriksson, A.I, Spectral analysis, in Analysis Methods for Multi-Spacecraft Data, edited by G. Paschmann and P. Daly, pp. 307-322, ESA, Noordwijk, 1998.
23. Escoubet, C.P., C.T. Russell, and R. Schmidt, The Cluster and Phoenix missions, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 1997.
24. Glassmeier, K.-H, ULF pulsations, in Handbook of Atmospheric Electrodynamics, Volume II, edited by H. Volland, pp. 463-502, University of Bonn, Germany, 1995.
25. Glassmeier, K.-H, Correction to: "Cluster as a wave telescope - first results from the fluxgate magnetometer," K.H. Glassmeier et al., Ann. Geophys., 21, 1071-1072, 2003.
26. Glassmeier, K.-H., U. Motschmann, and R. Schmidt, Mode recognition of MHD wave fields at incomplete dispersion measurements, Ann. Geophys., pp. 76-83, 1995.
27. Glassmeier, K.-H. et al, Cluster as a wave telescope - first results from the fluxgate magnetometer, Ann. Geophys., 19, 1439-1447, 2001.
28. Gosling, J.T., M.F. Thomsen, S.J. Bame, W.C. Feldman, G. Paschmann, and N. Sckopke, Evidence for specular reflectedions upstream from the quasiparallel bow shock, Geophys. Res. Lett., 87, 1333-1336, 1982.
29. Harris, E.G, On a plasma sheet separating regions of oppositely directed magnetic field, Nuovo Cimento, 23, 115-121, 1962.
30. Harvey, C.C, Spatial gradients and volumetric tensor, in Analysis Methods for Multi-Spacecraft Data, edited by G. Paschmann and P. Daly, pp. 307-322, ESA, Noordwijk, 1998.
31. Hasegawa, H., M. Fujimoto, T.-D. Phan, H. Rème, A. Balogh, M.W. Dunlop, C. Hashimoto, and R. TanDokoro, Transport of solar wind into the earth's magnetosphere through rolled-up kelvin-Helmholtz vortices, Nature, 430, 755-758, 2004.
32. Hausman, B.A., F.C. Michel, J.R. Espley, and P.A. Cloutier, On determining the nature and orientation of magnetic directional discontinuities: Problems with the minimum variance method, J. Geophys. Res., 109, A11102, doi:10.1029/2004JA010670, 2004.
33. Hilgers, A., A. Roux, and R. Lundin, Characteristics of AKR sources - A statistical description, Geophys. Res. Lett., 18, 1493-1496, 1991.
34. Khrabov, A.V., and B.U.Ö. Sonnerup, Error estimates for minimum variance analysis, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 6641-6651, 1998.
35. Kivelson, M.G., and D.J. Southwood, Resonant ULF waves: A new interpretation, Geophys. Res. Lett., 12, 49-52, 1985.
36. Kivelson, M.G., J. Etcheto, and J.G. Trotignon, Global compressional oscillations of the terrestrial magnetosphere: The evidence and a model, J. Geophys. Res., 89, 9851-9856, 1984.
37. Lee, L.C., S. Wang, C.Q. Wei, and B.T. Tsurutani, Streaming sausage, kink and tearing instabilities in a current sheet with application to the Earth's magnetotail, J. Geophys. Res., 93, 7354-7365, 1988.
38. Liu, Z.X., C.P. Escoubet, Z. Pu, H. Laakso, J.K. Shi, C. Shen, and M. Hapgood, The Double Star Mission, Ann. Geophys., 23, 2707-2712, 2005.
39. Lui, A.T.Y., C.-I. Meng, and S.-I. Akasofu, Wavy nature of the magnetotail neutral sheet, Geophys. Res. Lett., 5, 279-282, 1978.
40. Mallat, S, A Wavelet Tour of Signal Processing, Academic Press, San Diego, 1998.
41. Mann, I.R. et al, Coordinated ground-based and Cluster observations of large amplitude global magnetospheric oscillations during a fast solar wind speed interval, Ann. Geophys., 20, 405-426, 2002.
42. Melrose, D.B, Instabilities in space and laboratory plasmas, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1986.
43. Meziane, K. et al, Bow shock specularly reflected ions in the presence of low-frequency electromagnetic waves: a case study, Ann. Geophys., 22, 2325-2335, 2004.
44. Morooka, M. et al, Cluster observations of ULF waves with pulsating electron beams above the high latitude dusk-side auroral region, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L05804, doi:10.1029/2003GL017714, 2004.
45. Motschmann, U., and K.-H. Glassmeier, Multi-spacecraft filtering: Plasma mode recognition, in Analysis Methods for Multi-Spacecraft Data, edited by G. Paschmann and P. Daly, pp. 307-322, ESA, Noordwijk, 1998.
46. Motschmann, U., T.I. Woodward, K.-H. Glassmeier, and M.W. Dunlop, Array signal processing techniques, in Proc. CLUSTER workshop on data analysis tools, edited by K.-H. Glassmeier, U. Motschmann, and R. Schmidt, pp. 79-86, ESA, Noordwijk, 1995.
47. Motschmann, U., T.I. Woodward, K.-H. Glassmeier, D.J. Southwood, and J.-L. Pinçon, Wavelength and direction filtering by magnetic measurements at satellite arrays: Generalized mimimum variance analysis, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 4961-4965, 1996.
48. Nakamura, R. et al, Spatial scale of high-speed flows in the plasma sheet observed by Cluster, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L09894, doi:10.1029/2004GL019558, 2004.
49. Narita, Y., K.-H. Glassmeier, S. Schäfer, U. Motschmann, K. Sauer, I. Dandouras, K.-H. Fornaçon, E. Georgescu, and H. Rème, Dispersion analysis of ULF waves in the foreshock using Cluster data and the wave telescope technique, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30 (13), 1710, doi:10.1029/2003GL017432, 2003.
50. Narita, Y., K.-H. Glassmeier, K.-H. Fornaçon, I. Richter, S. Schäfer, U. Motschmann, I. Dandouras, H. Rème, and E. Georgescu, Low-frequency wave characteristics in the upstream and downstream regime of the terrestrial bow shock, J. Geophys. Res., 111, A01203, doi:10.1029/2005JA011231, 2006.
51. Narita, Y. et al, Alfvén waves in the foreshock propagating upstream in the plasma rest frame: Statistics from Cluster observations, Ann. Geophys., 22, 2315 - 2323. 2004.
52. Neubauer, F.M., and K.-H. Glassmeier, Use of an array of satellites as a wave telescope, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 19, 115-19, 122, 1990.
53. Owen, C.J., M.G.G.T. Taylor, I.C. Kraukis, A.N. Fazakerley, M.W. Dunlop, and J.M. Bosqued, Cluster observations of surface waves on the dawn flank magnetopause, Ann. Geophys., 22, 971-983, 2004.
54. Owen, C.J. et al, Cluster PEACE observations of electrons during magnetospheric flux transfer events, Ann. Geohpys., 19, 1509-1522, 2001.
55. Paschmann, G., and P. Daly, Analysis Methods for Multi-Spacecraft Data, ESA, Noordwijk, 1998.
56. Pinçon, J.L., and F. Lefeubre, Local characterization of homogeneous turbulence in a space plasma from simultaneous measurements of field components at several points in space, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 1789-1802, 1991.
57. Pinçon, J.L., and F. Lefeubre, The application of the generalized Capon method to the analysis of a turbulent field in space plasma: Experimental constraints, J. Atmosf. Terr. Phys., 54, 1237-1247, 1992.
58. Rème, H. et al, First multispacecraft ion measurements in and near the Earth's magnetosphere with the identical Cluster ion spectrometry (CIS) experiment, Ann. Geophys, 19, 1303-1354, 2001.
59. Rezeau, L. et al, A case studz of low-frequency waves at the magnetopause, Ann. Geophys., 19, 1463-1470, 2001.
60. Rönnmark, K, Whamp-waves in homogeneous anisotropic multicomponent plasmas, Rep. Kiruna Geophys. Inst., 179, 1982.
61. Runov, A. et al, Electric current and magnetic field geometry in flapping magnetotail current sheets, Ann. Geophys, 23, 1391-1403, 2005.
62. Sahraoui, F. et al, ULF wave identification in the magnetosheath: The k-filtering technique applied to Cluster II data, J. Geophys. Res., 108, A91335, doi:10.1029/2002JA009587, 2003.
63. Sahraoui, F. et al, Correction to: "ULF wave identification in the magnetosheath: The k-filtering technique applied to Cluster II data", J. Geophys. Res., 109, A04222, doi:10.1029/2004JA010469, 2004.
64. Saito, T, Long-period irregular magnetic pulsations, Pi3, Space Sci. Rev., 21, 427-467, 1978.
65. Sarafopoulos, D.V, Distinct solar wind pressure pulses producing convection twin-vortex systems in the ionosphere, Ann. Geophys., 22, 2201-2211, 2004.
66. Sarafopoulos, D.V, Pseudo-field line resonances in ground Pc5 pulsation events, Ann. Geophys., 23, 593-608, 2005.
67. Schäfer, S., K.-H. Glassmeier, T. Eriksson, K.-H. Fornaçon, and L. Blomberg, Identification of field line resonances using CLUSTER, in Proc. Cluster and DoubleStar Symposium: 5th Anniversary of Cluster in Space, edited by K. Fletcher, ESA, Noordwijk, 2006.
68. Sergeev, V., A. Runov, W. Baumjohann, R. Nakamura, T.L. Zhang, A. Balogh, P. Louarn, J.-A. Sauvaud, and H. Rème, Orientation and propagation of current sheet oscillations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L05807, doi:10.1029/2003GL019346, 2004.
69. Sergeev, V. et al, Current sheet flapping motion and structure observed by Cluster, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, 1327, doi:10.1029/2002GL016500, 2003.
70. Singer, H.J., D.J. Southwood, R.J. Walker, and M.G. Kivelson, Alfvén wave resonances in a realistic magnetospheric magnetic field geometry, J. Geophys. Res., 86, 4589-4596, 1981.
71. Sinha, A.K., T.K. Yeoman, J.A. Wild, D.M. Wright, S.W.H. Cowley, and A. Balogh, Evidence of transverse magnetospheric field line oscillations as observed from Cluster and ground magnetometers, Ann. Geophys., 23, 919-929, 2005.
72. Song, P., and C.T. Russell, Time series data analysis in space physics, Space Science Rev., 87, 387-463, 1999.
73. Song, P., C.T. Russell, and S.P. Gary, Indentification of low-frequency fluctuations in the terrestrial magnetosheath, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 6011-6025, 1994.
74. Sonnerup, B., and L. Cahill, Magnetopause structure and attitude from explorer 12 observations, J. Geophys. Res., 72, 171-183, 1967.
75. Sonnerup, B.U.Ö., and M. Scheible, Minimum and maximum variance analysis, in Analysis Methods for Multi-Spacecraft Data, edited by G. Paschmann and P. Daly, pp. 185-220, ESA, Noordwijk, 1998.
76. Steward, B, On the great magnetic disturbance which extended from August 28th to September 7th, 1859, as recorded by photography at the Kew Observatory, Phil. Trans. R. Soc., 151, 423-430, 1861.
77. Sundkvist, D. et al, Multi-spacecraft determination of wave characteristics near the proton gyrofrequency in high-altitude cusp, Ann. Geophys., 23, 983-995, 2005.
78. Thompson, S.M., and M.G. Kivelson, New evidence for the origin of giant pulsations, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 21, 237-21, 253, 2001.
79. Tsyganenko, N.A, A model of the near magnetosphere with a dawn-dusk asymmetry 1. Mathematical structure, J. Geophys. Res., 107, A81179, doi:10.1029/2001JA000219, 2002a.
80. Tsyganenko, N.A, A model of the near magnetosphere with a dawn-dusk asymmetry 2. Parameterization and fitting to observations, J. Geophys. Res., 107, A81176, doi:10.1029/2001JA000220, 2002b.
81. Veitch, D., and P. Abry, A wavelet based joint estimator of the parameters of long-range dependence, ITTT Trans. Inf. Theor., 45, 878, 1999.
82. Volwerk, M., K.-H. Glassmeier, A. Runov, W. Baumjohann, R. Nakamura, T.L. Zhang, B. Klecker, A. Balogh, and H. Rème, Kink mode oscillation of the current sheet, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, 1320, doi:10.1029/2002GL016467, 2003a.
83. Volwerk, M. et al, A statistical study of compressional waves in the tail current sheet, J. Geophys. Res., 108, 1429, doi:10.1029/2003JA010155, 2003b.
84. Volwerk, M. et al, Compressional waves in the Earth's neutral sheet, Ann. Geophys., 22, 303-315, 2004.
85. Volwerk, M. et al, Plasma flow channels with ULF waves observed by Cluster and Double Star, Ann. Geophys., 23, 2929-2935, 2005a.
86. Volwerk, M. et al, Coordinated cluster and double star observations of a plasma flow channel with ulf waves, AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, pp. SM21B-0369, 2005b.
87. Vörös, Z. et al, Magnetic turbulence in the plasma sheet, J. Geophys. Res., 109, A11215, doi:10.1029/2004JA010404, 2004.
88. Wahlund, J.-E. et al, Observations of auroral broadband emissions by CLUSTER, Geophys. Res. Lett, 30 (11), 1563, doi:10.1029/2002GL016335, 2003.
89. Walker, A.D.M, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves in Geospace, Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol, UK, 2005.
90. Walker, S.N., F. Sahraoui, M.A. Balikhin, G. Belmont, J.L. Pinçon, L. Rezeau, H. Alleyne, N. Cornilleau-Wehrlin, and M. André, A comparison of wave mode identification techniques, Ann. Geophys., 22, 3021-3032, 2004.
91. Zhang, T.L., W. Baumjohann, R. Nakamura, M. Volwerk, A. Runov, Z. Vörös, K.-H. Glassmeier, and A. Balogh, Neutral sheet normal direction determination, Adv. Space Res., 36, 1940-1945, 2005a.
92. Zhang, T.L. et al, A statistical survey of the neutral sheet, Adv. Space Res., 99, in press, 2005b.
93. Zhang, T.L. et al, Double Star/Cluster observation of neutral sheet oscillations on August 5, 2004, Ann. Geophys., 23, 2909-2914, 2005c.
94. Zhou, X.-Y., C.T. Russell, J.T. Gosling, and D.G. Mitchell, Three spacecraft observations of the geomagnetic tail during moderately disturbed conditions: Structure and evolution of the current sheet, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 14, 415-14, 424, 1997.