Dayside ionospheric response to the intense interplanetary shocks-solar wind discontinuities: Observations from the digisonde global ionospheric radio observatory

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Zong, Q G ^a,b   Reinisch, B W ^a   Song, P ^a   Wei, Y ^b   Galkin, I A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954390711     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014796     Document Type: Article

References (61)

1. Abdu, M. A. (1997), Major phenomena of the equatorial ionospherethermosphere system under disturbed conditions, J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys., 59(13), 1505-1519, doi:10.1016/S1364-6826(96)00,152-6.
2. Abdu, M. A., I. S. Batista, G. O. Walker, J. H. A. Sobral, N. B. Trivedi, and E. R. de Paula (1995), Equatorial ionospheric electric field during magnetospheric disturbances: Local time/longitude dependences from recent EITS campaigns, J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys., 57, 1065-1083.
3. Akasofu, S.-I. (1980), The solar wind- magnetosphere energy coupling and magnetospheric disturbances, Planet. Space Sci., 28, 495-509.
4. Arnoldy, R. L., T. E. Moore, and S.-I. Akasofu (1982), Plasma injection events at synchronous orbit related to positive Dst, J. Geophys. Res., 87(A1), 77-84, doi:10.1029/JA087iA01p00077.
5. Balan, N., S. V. Thampi, K. Lynn, Y. Otsuka, H. Alleyne, S. Watanabe, M. A. Abdu, and B. G. Fejer (2008), F3 layer during penetration electric field, J. Geophys. Res., 113, A00A07, doi:10.1029/2008JA013206.
6. Bargatze, L. F., R. L. McPherron, and D. N. Baker (1986), Solar wind magnetosphere energy input functions, in Solar Wind Magnetosphere Coupling, edited by Y. Kamide and J. Slavin, Rep. ESA SP-598, ESA Publ. Div., Terra Scientific, Tokyo.
7. Basu, S., S. Basu, K. Groves, H.-C. Yeh, S.-Y. Su, F. Rich, P. Sultan, and M. Keskinen (2001a), Response of the equatorial ionosphere in the south atlantic region to the great magnetic storm of July 15, 2000, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28(18), 3577-3580.
8. Basu, S., et al. (2001b), Ionospheric effects of major magnetic storms during the international space weather period of September and October 1999: GPS observations, vhf/uhf scintillations, and in situ density structures at middle and equatorial latitudes, J. Geophys. Res., 106 (A12), 30,389-30,413.
9. Bilitza, D., and B. Reinisch (2008), International reference ionosphere 2007: Improvements and new parameters, Adv. Space Res., 42(4), 599-609, doi:10.1016/j.asr.2007.07.048.
10. Brown, R. R., T. R. Hartz, B. Landmark, H. Leinbach, and J. Ortner (1961), Large-scale electron bombardment of the atmosphere at the sudden commencement of a geomagnetic storm, J. Geophys. Res., 66(4), 1035-1041, doi:10.1029/JZ066i004p01035.
11. Buonsanto, M. J. (1999), Ionospheric storm: A review. Space science reviews, Space Sci. Rev., 88, 563-601.
12. Chapman, S., and J. Bartels (1940), Geomagnetism, Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kindom.
13. Crowley, G., et al. (2006), Global thermosphere-ionosphere response to onset of 20 November 2003 magnetic storm, J. Geophys. Res., 111, A10S18, doi:10.1029/2005JA011518.
14. Davis, C. J., M. N. Wild, M. Lockwood, and Y. K. Tulunay (1997), Ionospheric and geomagnetic responses to changes in IMF BZ: A superposed epoch study, Ann. Geophys., 15, 217-230.
15. Echer, E., M. V. Alves, and W. D. Gonzalez (2004), Geoeffectiveness of interplanetary shocks during solar minimum (1995 1996) and solar maximum (2000), Sol. Phys., 221, 361-380.
16. Gonzalez, W. D., J. A. Joselyn, Y. Kamide, H. W. Kroehl, G. Rostoker, B. T. Tsurutani, and V. M. Vasliunas (1994), What is a geomagnetic storm?, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 5771-5792.
17. Gosling, J., S. Bame, D. McComas, and J. Phillips (1990), Coronal mass ejections and large geomagnetic storms, Geophys. Res. Lett., 17(7), 901-904.
18. Huang, C. S. (2008), Continuous penetration of the interplanetary electric field to the equatorial ionosphere over eight hours during intense geomagnetic storms, J. Geophys. Res., 113, A11305, doi:10.1029/ 2008JA013588.
19. Huang, C.-S., and J. Foster (2001), Variations of midlatitude ionospheric plasma density in response to an interplanetary shock, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28(23), 4425-4428.
20. Huang, C. S., J. C. Foster, and M. C. Kelley (2005), Long-duration penetration of the interplanetary electric field to the low-latitude ionosphere during the main phase of magnetic storms, J. Geophys. Res., 110, A11309, doi:10.1029/2005JA011202.
21. Huang, C. S., S. Sazykin, J. L. Chau, N. Maruyama, and M. C. Kelley (2007), Penetration electric fields: Efficiency and characteristic time scale, J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys., 69, 1135-1146, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2006. 08.016.
22. Huba, J. D. (2005), Hall magnetic reconnection: Guide field dependence, Phys. Plasmas, 12, 012322 (2004), doi:10.1063/1.1834592.
23. Joselyn, J. A., and B. T. Tsurutani (1990), Geomagnetic sudden impulses and storm sudden commencements: A note on terminology, Eos Trans. AGU, 71(47), 1808.
24. Kan, J. R., and S. I. Akasofu (1982), Dynamo process governing solar wind magnetosph energy coupling, Planet. Space Sci., 30, 367-370.
25. Kelley, M. C., B. G. Fejer, and C. A. Gonzales (1979), An explanation for anomalous equatorial ionospheric electric field associated with a northward turning of the interplanetary magnetic field, Geophys. Res. Lett., 6(4), 301-304.
26. Kelley, M. C., J. J. Makela, J. L. Chau, and M. J. Nicolls (2003), Penetration of the solar wind electric field into the magnetosphere- ionosphere system, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(4), 1158, doi:10.1029/2002GL016321.
27. Kikuchi, T., and T. Araki (1979), Horizontal transmission of the polar electric field, J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys., 41, 927-936.
28. Li, X., et al. (2003), Energetic particle injections in the inner magnetosphere as a response to an interplanetary shock, J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys., 65, 233-244.
29. Lin, C. H., A. D. Richmond, J. Y. Liu, H. C. Yeh, L. J. Paxton, G. Lu, H. F. Tsai, and S.-Y. Su (2005a), Large-scale variations of the low-latitude ionosphere during the october-november 2003 superstorm: Observational results, J. Geophys. Res., 110, A09S28, doi:10.1029/2004JA010900.
30. Lin, C. H., A. D. Richmond, R. A. Heelis, G. J. Bailey, G. Lu, J. Y. Liu, H. C. Yeh, and S.-Y. Su (2005b), Theoretical study of the low- and midlatitude ionospheric electron density enhancement during the october 2003 superstorm: Relative importance of the neutral wind and the electric field, J. Geophys. Res., 110, A12312, doi:10.1029/ 2005JA011304.
31. Mannucci, A. J., B. T. Tsurutani, B. A. Iijima, A. Komjathy, A. Saito, W. D. Gonzalez, F. L. Guarnieri, J. U. Kozyra, and R. Skoug (2005), Dayside global ionospheric response to the major interplanetary events of October 29-30, 2003 "Halloween storms," Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L12S02, doi:10.1029/2004GL021467.
32. Mannucci, A. J., B. T. Tsurutani, M. A. Abdu, W. D. Gonzalez, A. Komjathy, E. Echer, B. A. Iijima, G. Crowley, and D. Anderson (2008), Superposed epoch analysis of the dayside ionospheric response to four intense geomagnetic storms, J. Geophys. Res., 113, A00A02, doi:10.1029/2007JA012732.
33. Matsushita, S. (1961), Increase of ionization associated with geomagnetic sudden commencements, J. Geophys. Res., 66(11), 3958-3961, doi:10.1029/ JZ066i011p03958.
34. Mendillo, M. (2008), Storms in the ionosphere: Patterns and processes for total electron content, Rev. Geophys., 44, RG4001, doi:10.1029/ 2005RG000193.
35. Meurant, M., J.-C. Gérard, C. Blockx, B. Hubert, and V. Coumans (2004), Propagation of electron and proton shock-induced aurora and the role of the interplanetary magnetic field and solar wind, J. Geophys. Res., 109, A10210, doi:10.1029/2004JA010453.
36. Meurant, M., J.-C. Gérard, B. Hubert, C. Blockx, N. stgaard, and S. B. Mende (2003), Dynamics of global scale electron and proton precipitation induced by a solar wind pressure pulse, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(20), 2032, doi:10.1029/2003GL018017.
37. Nishida, A. (1968a), Coherence of geomagnetic dp 2 fluctuations with interplanetary magnetic variations, J. Geophys. Res., 73(17), 5549-5559.
38. Nishida, A. (1968b), Geomagnetic dp 2 fluctuations and associated magnetospheric phenomena, J. Geophys. Res., 73(5), 1795-1803.
39. Ortner, J., B. Hultqvist, R. R. Brown, T. R. Hartz, O. Holt, B. Landmark, J. L. Hook, and H. Leinbach (1962), Cosmic noise absorption accompanying geomagnetic storm sudden commencements, J. Geophys. Res., 67, 11, doi:10.1029/JZ067i011p04169.
40. Paznukhov, V. V., B. W. Reinisch, P. Song, X. Huang, T. W. Bullett, and O. Veliz (2007), Formation of an f3 layer in the equatorial ionosphere: A result from strong IMF changes, J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys., 69, 1292-1304.
41. Proelss, G. W. (1997), Magnetic storm associated perturbations of the upper atmosphere, in Magnetic Storms, Geophys. Monogr. Ser., vol.98, edited by B. T. Tsurutani et al., AGU, Washington, D. C.
42. Reinisch, B. W. (2004), Tenth international digisonde training seminar at umass lowell reviews state of real time mapping of the ionosphere, IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., 45, 110-117.
43. Reinisch, B. W., and X. Huang (2001), Udeducing topside profiles and total electron content from bottomside ionograms, Adv. Space Res., 27, 23-30.
44. Richmond, A. D., and G. Lu (2000), Upper-atmospheric effects of magnetic storms: A brief tutorial, J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys., 62, 1115-1127.
45. Shue, J.-H., J. Chao, H. Fu, C. Russell, P. Song, K. Khurana, and H. Singer (1997), A new functional form to study the solar wind control of the magnetopause size and shape, J. Geophys. Res., 102(A5), 9497-9511.
46. Shue, J.-H., P. Song, C. Russell, M. Thomsen, and S. Petrinec (2001), Dependence of magnetopause erosion on southward interplanetary magnetic field, Geophys. Res. Lett., 106(A9), 18,777-18,788.
47. Tsurutani, B. T., and X. Y. Zhou (2003), Interplanetary shock triggering of substorms: Wind and polar, Adv. Space Res., 31(4), 1063-1067.
48. Tsurutani, B., et al. (2004), Global dayside ionospheric uplift and enhancement associated with interplanetary electric fields, J. Geophys. Res., 109, A08302, doi:10.1029/2003JA010342.
49. Tsurutani, B., et al. (2005), The October 28, 2003 extreme EUV solar flare and resultant extreme ionospheric effects: Comparison to other Halloween events and the Bastille Day event, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L03S09, doi:10.1029/2004GL021475.
50. Tsurutani, B. T., O. P. Verkhoglyadova, A. J. Mannucci, T. Araki, A. Saito, T. Tsuda, and K. Yumoto (2007), Oxygen ion uplift and satellite drag effects during the 30 October 2003 daytime superfountain event, Ann. Geophys., 25, 569-574.
51. Tsurutani, B. T., E. Echer, F. L. Guarnieri, and J. U. Kozyra (2008a), CAWSES November 7-8, 2004, superstorm: Complex solar and interplanetary features in the post-solar maximum phase, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L06S05, doi:10.1029/2007GL031473.
52. Tsurutani, B., et al. (2008b), Prompt penetration electric fields (ppefs) and their ionospheric effects during the great magnetic storm of 30-31 October 2003, J. Geophys. Res., 113, A05311, doi:10.1029/2007JA012879.
53. Ullaland, S. L., K. Wilhelm, J. Kangas, and W. Riedler (1970), Electron precipitation associated with a sudden commencement of a geomagnetic storm, J. Atmos. Terr. Phys., 32(9), 1545-1553.
54. Vasyliunas, V. M. (2001), Electric field and plasma flow: What drives what?, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 11, 2177-2180.
55. Vasyliunas, V. M., J. R. Kan, G. L. Siscoe, and S.-I. Akasofu (1982), Scaling relations governing magnetospheric energy transfer, Planet. Space Sci., 30(4), 359-364.
56. Wolf, R., R. Spiro, S. Sazykin, and F. Toffoletto (2007), How the earth's inner magnetosphere works: An evolving picture, J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys., 69(3), 288-302, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2006.07.026.
57. Zhao, B., W. Wan, and L. Liu (2005), Responses of equatorial anomaly to the October-November 2003 superstorms, Ann. Geophys., 23, 693-706.
58. Zhou, X., and B. T. Tsurutani (2001), Interplanetary shock triggering of nightside geomagnetic activity: Substorms, pseudobreakups, and quiescent events, J. Geophys. Res., 106(A9), 18,957-18,968, doi:10.1029/ 2000JA003028.
59. Zhou, X., R. J. Strangeway, P. C. Anderson, D. G. Sibeck, B. T. Tsurutani, G. Haerendel, H. U. Frey, and J. K. Arballo (2003), Shock aurora: FAST and DMSP observations, J. Geophys. Res., 108(A4), 8019, doi:10.1029/ 2002JA009701.
60. Zhou, X.-Y., and B. T. Tsurutani (1999), Rapid intensification and propagation of the dayside aurora: Large scale interplanetary pressure pulses (fast shocks), Geophys. Res. Lett., 26(8), 1097-1100.
61. Zong, Q.-G., et al. (2009), Energetic electrons response to ulf waves induced by interplanetary shocks in the outer radiation belt, J. Geophys. Res., 114, A10204, doi:10.1029/2009JA014393.