Observations of Pc5 micropulsation-related electric field oscillations in the equatorial ionosphere |
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Authors: | C A Reddy Sudha Ravindran K S Viswanathan B V Krishna Murthy D R K Rao T Araki |
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Institution: | (1) NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Planetary Atmospheres Branch, Code 914, Greenbelt, Maryland, 20771, U.S.A.;(2) Space Physics Laboratory, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Trivandrum, 695 022, India;(3) Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Colaba, Bombay, 400 005, India;(4) Geophysical Institute, Kyoto University, Kyoto Japan, 606 |
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Abstract: | A 54.95-MHz coherent backscatter radar, an ionosonde and the magnetometer located at Trivandrum in India (8.5○N, 77○E, 0.5○N dip angle) recorded large-amplitude ionospheric fluctuations and magnetic field fluctuations associated with a Pc5 micropulsation event, which occurred during an intense magnetic storm on 24 March 1991 (Ap=161). Simultaneous 100-nT-level fluctuations are also observed in the H-component at Brorfelde, Denmark (55.6○N gm) and at Narsarsuaq, Greenland (70.6○N gm). Our study of the above observations shows that the E-W electric field fluctuations in the E- and F-regions and the magnetic field fluctuations at Thumba are dominated by a near-sinusoidal oscillation of 10 min during 1730–1900 IST (1200-1330 UT), the amplitude of the electric field oscillation in the equatorial electrojet (EEJ) is 0.1-0.25 mV m−1 and it increases with height, while it is about 1.0 mV m−1 in the F-region, the ground-level H-component oscillation can be accounted for by the ionospheric current oscillation generated by the observed electric field oscillation in the EEJ and the H-component oscillations at Trivandrum and Brorfelde are in phase with each other. The observations are interpreted in terms of a compressional cavity mode resonance in the inner magnetosphere and the associated ionospheric electric field penetrating from high latitudes to the magnetic equator. |
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