A superposed epoch analysis of geomagnetic storms

A superposed epoch analysis of geomagnetic storms has been undertaken. The storms are categorised via their intensity (as defined by the Dst index). Storms have also been classified here as either storm sudden commencements (SSCs) or storm gradual commencements (SGCs, that is all storms which did not begin with a sudden commencement). The prevailing solar wind conditions defined by the parameters solar wind speed (v_sw), density (_sw) and pressure (P_sw) and the total field and the components of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) during the storms in each category have been investigated by a superposed epoch analysis. The southward component of the IMF, appears to be the controlling parameter for the generation of small SGCs (-100 nT< minimum Dst\leq-50 nT for\geq4 h), but for SSCs of the same intensity solar wind pressure is dominant. However, for large SSCs (minimum Dst\leq-100 nT for \geq4 h) the solar wind speed is the controlling parameter. It is also demonstrated that for larger storms magnetic activity is not solely driven by the accumulation of substorm activity, but substantial energy is directly input via the dayside. Furthermore, there is evidence that SSCs are caused by the passage of a coronal mass ejection, whereas SGCs result from the passage of a high speed/ slow speed coronal stream interface. Storms are also grouped by the sign of B_z during the first hour epoch after the onset. The sign of B_z at t=+1 h is the dominant sign of the B_z for \sim24 h before the onset. The total energy released during storms for which B_z was initially positive is, however, of the same order as for storms where B_z was initially negative.     

2010.0年中国及邻近地区地磁场

本文通过对中国地区地磁场的球冠谐和分析和曲面样条分析,建立了2010.0年代的"中国地磁参考场球冠谐和模型"和"中国地磁参考场曲面样条模型".得到如下结论:"2010.0年代中国地磁参考场球冠谐和模型"描述的各地磁要素空间分布与"2005.0年代中国地磁参考场球冠谐和模型"较相似,但局部略有变化.比如对于磁偏角D和东向分量Y大致可理解为负值区域增强;磁倾角I在我国华北、华南和东北大部大面积正异常区消失了,但在我国西北部大面积的负异常区仍然维持;总强度F和垂直分量Z整体的负异常分布仍然维持,新疆西部局部地区和东南沿海地区局部的正异常分布则略有变化;变化最大的是水平分量H和北向分量X的空间分布,在2010.0年代,东南地区出现了大范围的正异常区,而且在中国北部出现了一条东西条带状的正异常区,似乎可认为是2005.0年代存在于太平洋的正异常区向西移动扩大的结果."2010.0中国地磁参考场曲面样条模型"描述的磁偏角D和东向分量Y相对较为曲折,最显著的异常位于蒙古境内,其次为滇东北地区、东北及华北大部、新疆等地区;磁倾角I和垂直分量Z相对较为平缓,最显著的异常存在于蒙古境内,其次的异常在内蒙满洲里附近;总强度F、水平分量H和北向分量X最为显著的异常位于满洲里附近,其次的主要异常区位于新疆地区、京津附近、滇东北地区.     

Mid-latitude winds in the mesosphere: a superposed epoch analysis over the geomagnetic storm times

This study aims at looking for the characteristic patterns of mesospheric wind over the geomagnetic storm times. For this purpose, the geomagnetic storms preceded by a sudden commencement (SSC) have been selected from January 1995 to April 1999. By using the onset of SSC as the timing mark, a superposed epoch analysis has been performed on the available neutral wind data measured with medium frequency (MF) radars at Yamagawa (31.2°N, 130.6°E) and Wakkanai (45.4°N, 141.7°E). In doing so, the length of time chosen for the superposed analysis is from 7 days before the SSC onset to 21 days after the onset; subsets of wind data are superimposed for summer and winter months, respectively. Then with harmonic analysis on the superposed winds the mean winds in both summer and winter months have been obtained. Concerning mean wind characteristics, some interesting details are the reversal heights of the summer zonal winds, which is 79–80 km at Yamagawa and 84 km at Wakkanai. Strong wavy structures with 2–4 days period are observed at both Yamagawa and Wakkanai in both summer and winter. As for storm effects, significant enhancement of eastward wind is found 5 days after SSC onset at both Yamagawa and Wakkanai in winter. Moreover, the northward wind turns southward at Wakkanai 2 days after the onset of SSC, and the southward wind lasts for several days thereafter. In summer months, the post-storm enhancement tends to be small and mainly in the eastward wind at both Yamagawa and Wakkanai.     

Comparison of the Brunhes epoch geomagnetic secular variation recorded in the volcanic and sedimentary rocks

The results of numerical modeling of the geomagnetic secular variation by the method of the Giant Gaussian Process (GGP) are presented and compared with the information derived from the presentday databases for paleointensity. The variances of the positions of the virtual geomagnetic pole (VGP) calculated from the synthetic and experimental data (Brunhes epoch, effusive rocks) are nearly similar, which supports the validity of the theoretical model. The average value of the virtual axial geomagnetic dipole (VADM) calculated from the PINT world database on paleointensity and the Sint-2000 model is lower than VADM calculated by the GGP model; at the same time, the estimates based on the archaeomagnetic data give the VADM value slightly above the model prediction. The largest difference is observed in the variances of VADM, which is for all the three databases noticeably higher than the value calculated from the GGP model. Most probably, this is due to the contribution of the neglected measurement errors of VADM.     

Ionospheric and geomagnetic responses to changes in IMF B z : a superposed epoch study

Superposed epoch studies have been carried out in order to determine the ionospheric response at mid-latitudes to southward turnings of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF). This is compared with the geomagnetic response, as seen in the indices K_p, AE and Dst. The solar wind, IMF and geomagnetic data used were hourly averages from the years 1967–1989 and thus cover a full 22-year cycle in the solar magnetic field. These data were divided into subsets, determined by the magnitudes of the southward turnings and the concomitant increase in solar wind pressure. The superposed epoch studies were carried out using the time of the southward turning as time zero. The response of the mid-latitude ionosphere is studied by looking at the F-layer critical frequencies, f_oF2, from hourly soundings by the Slough ionosonde and their deviation from the monthly median values, f_oF2. For the southward turnings with a change in B_z of B_z > 11.5 nT accompanied by a solar wind dynamic pressure P exceeding 5 nPa, the F region critical frequency, f_oF2, shows a marked decrease, reaching a minimum value about 20 h after the southward turning. This recovers to pre-event values over the subsequent 24 h, on average. The Dst index shows the classic storm-time decrease to about –60 nT. Four days later, the index has still to fully recover and is at about –25 nT. Both the K_p and AE indices show rises before the southward turnings, when the IMF is strongly northward but the solar wind dynamic pressure is enhanced. The average AE index does register a clear isolated pulse (averaging 650 nT for 2 h, compared with a background peak level of near 450 nT at these times) showing enhanced energy deposition at high latitudes in substorms but, like K_p, remains somewhat enhanced for several days, even after the average IMF has returned to zero after 1 day. This AE background decays away over several days as the Dst index recovers, indicating that there is some contamination of the currents observed at the AE stations by the continuing enhanced equatorial ring current. For data averaged over all seasons, the critical frequencies are depressed at Slough by 1.3 MHz, which is close to the lower decile of the overall distribution of f_oFl values. Taking 30-day periods around summer and winter solstice, the largest depression is 1.6 and 1.2 MHz, respectively. This seasonal dependence is confirmed by a similar study for a Southern Hemisphere station, Argentine Island, giving peak depressions of 1.8 MHz and 0.5 MHz for summer and winter. For the subset of turnings where B_z > 11.5 nT and P 5 nPa, the response of the geomagnetic indices is similar but smaller, while the change in f_oF2 has all but disappeared. This confirms that the energy deposited at high latitudes, which leads to the geomagnetic and ionospheric disturbances following a southward turning of the IMF, increases with the energy density (dynamic pressure) of the solar wind flow. The magnitude of all responses are shown to depend on B_z. At Slough, the peak depression always occurs when Slough rotates into the noon sector. The largest ionospheric response is for southward turnings seen between 15–21 UT.     

Paleomagnetic reconstruction of the global geomagnetic field evolution during the Matuyama/Brunhes transition: Iterative Bayesian inversion and independent verification

The Earth's magnetic field changed its polarity from the last reversed into today's normal state approximately 780 000 years ago. While before and after this so called Matuyama/Brunhes reversal, the Earth magnetic field was essentially an axial dipole, the details of its transitional structure are still largely unknown. Here, a Bayesian inversion method is developed to reconstruct the spherical harmonic expansion of this transitional field from paleomagnetic data. This is achieved by minimizing the total variational power at the core–mantle boundary during the transition under paleomagnetic constraints. The validity of the inversion technique is proved in two ways. First by inverting synthetic data sets from a modeled reversal. Here it is possible to reliably reconstruct the Gauss coefficients even from noisy records. Second by iteratively combining four geographically distributed high quality paleomagnetic records of the Matuyama/Brunhes reversal into a single geometric reversal scenario without assuming an a priori common age model. The obtained spatio-temporal reversal scenario successfully predicts most independent Matuyama/Brunhes transitional records. Therefore, the obtained global reconstruction based on paleomagnetic data invites to compare the inferred transitional field structure with results from numerical geodynamo models regarding the morphology of the transitional field. It is found that radial magnetic flux patches form at the equator and move polewards during the transition. Our model indicates an increase of non-dipolar energy prior to the last reversal and a non-dipolar dominance during the transition. Thus, the character and information of surface geomagnetic field records is strongly site dependent. The reconstruction also offers new answers to the question of existence of preferred longitudinal bands during the transition and to the problem of reversal duration. Different types of directional variations of the surface geomagnetic field, continuous or abrupt, are found during the transition. Two preferred longitudinal bands along the Americas and East Asia are not predicted for uniformly distributed sampling locations on the globe. Similar to geodynamo models with CMB heatflux derived from present day lower mantle heterogeneities, a preference of transitional VGPs for the Pacific hemisphere is found. The paleomagnetic duration of reversals shows not only a latitudinal, but also a longitudinal variation. Even the paleomagnetically determined age of the reversal varies significantly between different sites on the globe. The described Bayesian inversion technique can easily be applied to other high quality full vector reversal records. Also its extension to inversion of secular variation and excursion data is straightforward.     

Short polarity intervals within the Matuyama: transitional field records from hydraulic piston cored sediments from the North Atlantic

Detailed sampling of two short magnetozones within the Matuyama Chronozone recorded at DSDP Site 609 (49.86°N, 335.77°E) confirms that one, the Cobb Mountain Subchronozone (1.12 Ma), is a very short, full normal polarity interval and that the other, the older interval, is a record of a geomagnetic excursion which occurred at approximately 1.55 Ma. The Cobb Mountain Subchron lasted approximately 25,000 years, one third the duration of the Jaramillo Subchron. The normal polarity interval is bounded by two transition zones which document an antisymmetry in the sequence of directions in the reverse to normal and normal to reverse polarity transitions. We interpret the antisymmetry as reflecting a dependence upon the sense of the reversal, without significant changes in the relative contributions of non-dipole terms. The polarity interval recorded at 1.55 Ma lasted only 8,800 years with what may be regarded as full polarity directions observed across only 3 cm of stratigraphic section. This feature is interpreted as an excursion of the geomagnetic field and appears to be correlative with the Gilsa Subchron. Similarities between the transition bounding these two magnetozones suggest that these features occur as the result of the same process or triggering mechanisms in the earth's outer core.     

Superposed epoch analysis of a whistler instability criterion at geosynchronous orbit during geomagnetic storms

Enhanced whistler mode waves produced by anisotropic hot plasma-sheet electrons outside the storm-time plasmapause have been suggested as one mechanism for accelerating relativistic outer-belt electrons in the aftermath of geomagnetic storms. Using measurements from the Los Alamos Magnetospheric Plasma Analyzers in geosynchronous orbit, we perform a superposed-epoch study of the storm-time behavior of the inferred plasma-sheet whistler growth parameter. Separate analyses are done for storms that result in strong relativistic electron enhancements and those that do not. The inferred whistler instability is strongest in the midnight-to-dawn sector, where freshly injected plasma-sheet electrons drift into and through the inner magnetosphere. During the main phase of both sets of storms, there is a marked drop in the whistler growth parameter, especially in the prime midnight-to-dawn sector. In the early recovery phase, this parameter is elevated and then returns to more typical values over the next few days. The elevation of the whistler growth parameter persists longer for the electron-enhanced storms than for those that do not produce such enhancements. These results suggest that whistler wave generation is greater during storms yielding enhanced levels of relativistic electrons.     

2005.0年代中国地区地磁场及其长期变化球冠谐和分析

国家地磁图作为描述一个国家领域内地磁场空间分布的基础科技产品,其选用的模型计算方法应准确合理地反映标准年代上地磁场空间分布及未来5年的地磁场长期变化趋势.本文应用球冠谐和(SCH)方法,对中国地区1119个野外地磁测点和36个地磁台的观测数据进行了计算,获得了2005.0标准地磁年代中国地区地磁正常场及其异常场空间分布,建立了2005~2010年中国地区地磁场长期变化球冠谐和模型.结果表明,IGRF描述的中国地区地磁场偏差幅度约为5'(D、I)或100 nT(F),由于新的、空间分辨率更高的地磁测量数据参与计算,球冠谐和方法描述的2005.0 地磁图能较IGRF更细致地描述地磁场的空间分布,具备稳定运用在中国地磁图的编制出版工作中的能力.     

Reduction of geomagnetic measurements at sea in the vicinity of the geomagnetic equator

Summary On the dayside of the Earth, a huge current system, the so-called equatorial electrojet, flows along the magnetic dip equator in the ionosphere, mainly in easterly direction. At the surface of the Earth it generates strong variations of the geomagnetic field which severely impair marine geomagnetic measurements. Independent of its changing intensity, the position of the current system is remarkably constant.For marine geomagnetic measurements in the South China Sea and the Sulu Sea the latitude dependence of the variations was determined from the data themselves, using an appropriate functional relation. By a digital filter it was taken into consideration that the slowly changing parts are less latitude-dependent. Thus, with one recording station, it was possible to reduce the variations to only 15% of their original size for distances up to 500 km.Using the comprehensive data set of two research cruises into the Dangerous Grounds area of the South China Sea, it is shown which statements on the structure of the crust are possible with the corrected data.

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Die Reduktion erdmagnetischer Messungen auf See in der Nähe des magnetischen Äquators

Zusammenfassung Entlang des magnetischen Inklinations-Äquators fließt auf der Tagseite der Erde in der Ionosphäre ein riesiges Stromsystem, der sogenannte Äquatoriale Elektroje. Es erzeugt an der Erdoberfläche starke zeitliche Veränderungen des erdmagnetischen Feldes, die seemagnetische Vermessungen erheblich beeinträchtigen. Die Lage des Stromsystems ist auch bei wechselnden Stromstärken bemerkenswert konstant. Für seemagnetische Messungen im Südchinesischen Meer wurde die Breitenabhängigkeit der Variationen unter Benutzung eines geeigneten Funktionsansatzes aus den Daten selbst bestimmt. Durch eine Filterung wurde berücksichtigt, daß langsam veränderliche Anteile weniger stark breitenabhängig sind. Dadurch gelang es, die Variationen unter Benutzung einer einzigen Registrierstation in Entfernungen bis 500 km auf nur 15% zu reduzieren.An Hand des umfangreichen Meßdatensatzes zweier Forschungsfahrten in das Gebiet der Dangerous Grounds im Südchinesischen Meer wird gezeigt, welche geowissenschaftlichen Aussagen über den Aufbau der Erdkruste nach der Verbesserung möglich werden.

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Réduction des mesures de magnétisme à la mer effectuées au voisinage de l'équateur géomagnétique

Résumé Du côté jour de la terre, un flux plasmatique puissant appelé électrojet équatorial s'écoule le long de l'équateur magnétique (champ total et composante horizontale identiques) dans l'ionosphère, principalement en direction de l'Est. Ce flux engendre à la surface du globe de fortes variations du champ géomagnétique, qui ont pour effet de perturber sévèrement les mesures de magnétisme à la mer. La position de ce courant est d'une constance remarquable, et indépendante de ses variations d'intensité.Pour les mesures de magnétisme effectuées dans les mers de Chine Sud et de Sulu, les variations en fonction de la latitude ont été déterminées à partir des données elles-mêmes, au moyen de relations fonctionelles appropriées. L'emploi d'un filtre digital a permis de tenir compte du fait que les éléments variables lentement sont moins dépendants de la latitude. C'est ainsi qu'avec une station d'enregistrement, il a été possible de réduire les variations à 15% seulement de leur valeur originale jusqu'à des distances de 500 km.En s'appuyant sur la collection très complète de données recueillies au cours de deux campagnes de recherche effectuées dans la zone des Hauts-fonds dangereux, au Sud de la mer de Chine, on montre les hypothèses qu'il est possible de formuler quant à la structure de la croûte, à partir des données corrigées.

     

地磁台站建设中磁测异常现象分析

地磁台建设磁性跟踪测试工作很重要,通过对跟踪磁测中发现的一个异常现象的分析,计算了不同重量、距离的铁磁性物质对磁房建筑场地磁场的影响,讨论了排除施工现场磁性干扰的一些办法,并得出各种重量铁磁性物质与磁房建筑物的安全距离,还讨论了地磁台部分建筑材料的选择问题。     

中国地区地磁急变特征对地磁场长期加速度的响应

研究中国地区地磁急变（jerks）和地磁长期加速度（secular acceleration,SA）的响应关系,有助于深入了解地磁急变区域特征,并为地磁急变的地核动力学起源研究提供有用信息.本文利用中国地磁台站观测数据和CHAOS-7磁场模型,研究了自2000年以来中国地区地磁急变和地磁长期加速度的时空响应关系.结果表明,地磁长期加速度在东半球和西半球有不同的变化特征.西半球加速度斑块主要出现在赤道附近,并呈现明显的西向漂移特征;而东半球加速度斑块则在南北和东西方向上来回运动.地磁急变与长期加速度斑块的强度和位置密切相关,地磁急变通常发生在地磁长期加速度强度（secular acceleration intensity,SAI）的极小值时期.自2000年以来,全球长期加速度强度大约在2006年、2009年、2012.5年和2016年达到极大值,而在2003年、2007年、2011年和2014年附近达到极小值.中国地区在2003年和2014年出现地磁急变,这两个年份既是东半球长期加速度强度的极小值时期,也是长期加速度正负斑块反极性的过渡时期.然而,在2007年和2011年,中国地区没有发生地磁急变现象,主要原因可能是这两个年份附近中国地区长期加速度正负斑块没有发生反极性变化,同时东半球长期加速度脉冲斑块主要分布在南半球,远离中国地区.这些脉冲斑块对中国地区地磁长期变化的影响主要表现为引起长期变化的小幅波动.

     

中国地磁台观测的2014年地磁急变

地磁急变（jerk）是起源于地球外核并在导电地幔过滤效应后在地球表面观测到的一种地磁现象,其反映了地核内部某些动力学过程.Jerks在空间范围上既可以是区域性的,也可以是全球性的.中国地区地磁台能否检测到2014年jerk？针对这一问题,利用中国大陆10个地磁台的磁静日月均值和CHAOS-6全球磁场模型,分析了X、Y和Z分量2008—2018年期间的长期变化,估算了2014年前、后的长期加速度值,确定了2014年地磁jerk的时间和强度.研究表明中国地磁台Y分量的长期变化为"Λ"型,Z分量存在明显的"V"型,具有典型的jerk特点.Y分量jerk出现的时间大约在2014年6月,比非洲大陆的Algeria TAM台和南美洲French Guiana KOU台时间滞后大约4个月.这暗示着产生jerks的地核流体波动的时序特点.中国西部和东北部地磁台的长期变化形态有明显的差别,主要由非偶极磁场引起.CHAOS-6模型与地面台站的长期变化形态并非始终一致.本文结果有助于更好地理解和解释长期变化的时间演变和地理分布,并为深入探讨jerks的地核起源和驱动机制提供新的观测约束.     

中国地磁台观测的2014年地磁急变

地磁急变（jerk）是起源于地球外核并在导电地幔过滤效应后在地球表面观测到的一种地磁现象,其反映了地核内部某些动力学过程.Jerks在空间范围上既可以是区域性的,也可以是全球性的.中国地区地磁台能否检测到2014年jerk？针对这一问题,利用中国大陆10个地磁台的磁静日月均值和CHAOS-6全球磁场模型,分析了X、Y和Z分量2008—2018年期间的长期变化,估算了2014年前、后的长期加速度值,确定了2014年地磁jerk的时间和强度.研究表明中国地磁台Y分量的长期变化为"Λ"型,Z分量存在明显的"V"型,具有典型的jerk特点.Y分量jerk出现的时间大约在2014年6月,比非洲大陆的Algeria TAM台和南美洲French Guiana KOU台时间滞后大约4个月.这暗示着产生jerks的地核流体波动的时序特点.中国西部和东北部地磁台的长期变化形态有明显的差别,主要由非偶极磁场引起.CHAOS-6模型与地面台站的长期变化形态并非始终一致.本文结果有助于更好地理解和解释长期变化的时间演变和地理分布,并为深入探讨jerks的地核起源和驱动机制提供新的观测约束.     

太原基准地震台地磁背景噪声分析

太原基准地震台数字化地磁观测项目建成运行后,背景噪声水平较大,影响观测资料的使用.采取多种技术措施,认为地电阻率观测对地供电是地磁稳频干扰的主要成分,是地磁背景噪声的一项重要干扰因素.     

Magnetic mapping of Slovakia for the epoch 1980.5

130 sites were occupied in a magnetic survey of Slovakia. About half of those occupied in previous surveys (1952.5, 1958.5, and 1967.5) were unsuitable because of increased man made noises. New stations were substituted. A combination of classical magnetometers (forH andD) and a proton magnetometer (forF) was used.Z was computed fromH andF. Instruments were calibrated at Hurbanovo magnetic observatory before the survey and at regular size intervals during it.Reduction to epoch was made on the assumption that the scale variation is everywhere the same and equal to that at Hurbanovo. Preliminary maps are hand drawn, but the data have been transferred to computer tape and computer plotted maps are being prepared.