arXivDaily arXiv每日学术速递 周一至周五更新
arXiv 2108.01362physics.space-ph
收藏

PolarIonospheric等效电流系统模式的行星际磁场控制

Interplanetary Magnetic Field Control of PolarIonospheric Equivalent Current System Modes

R. M. Shore, M. P. Freeman, J. W. Gjerloev

摘要:

分析了不同电离层等效电流模式对行星际磁场(IMF)分量By和Bz变化的响应。每个模式包括一个固定的空间模式,其幅度随时间变化,由表面测量的磁场方差的逐月经验正交函数分离确定。在这里,我们专注于先前已被确定为DPY,DP 2,NBZ和DP 1的四组模式。我们导出了每个模态集与IMF(B $_{y}$)或(B $_{z}$)之间的互相关联函数,其滞后范围为-10到+600分钟,相对于弓形激波头部的IMF状态。对于所有四组模式,平均相关性可以通过对IMF分量的最多三个线性响应的总和来再现,每个线性响应以不同的滞后为中心。这些被解释为统计电离层磁层顶合并(15- 20分钟滞后)和磁尾重联(60分钟滞后)和IMF的持久性的反应。在模态集中,NBZ和DPY是从给定IMF分量最可预测的,而DP 1(亚暴分量)是最不可预测的。IMF解释的模式变化的比例增加了较长的滞后,被认为是指示亚暴的电导率反馈。总之,我们确认这些模式的假设的物理基础,并量化其多个重新配置的时间尺度。

英文摘要:

We analyze the response of different ionospheric equivalent current modes to variations in the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) components By and Bz. Each mode comprises a fixed spatial pattern whose amplitude varies in time, identified by a month-by-month empirical orthogonal function separation of surface measured magnetic field variance. Here we focus on four sets of modes that have been previously identified as DPY, DP2, NBZ, and DP1. We derive the cross-correlation function of each mode set with either IMF (B$_{y}$) or (B$_{z}$) for lags ranging from -10 to +600 mins with respect to the IMF state at the bow shock nose. For all four sets of modes, the average correlation can be reproduced by a sum of up to three linear responses to the IMF component, each centered on a different lag. These are interpreted as the statistical ionospheric responses to magnetopause merging (15- to 20-min lag) and magnetotail reconnection (60-min lag) and to IMF persistence. Of the mode sets, NBZ and DPY are the most predictable from a given IMF component, with DP1 (the substorm component) the least predictable. The proportion of mode variability explained by the IMF increases for the longer lags, thought to indicate conductivity feedbacks from substorms. In summary, we confirm the postulated physical basis of these modes and quantify their multiple reconfiguration timescales.

机构、总结、中文摘要均由AI分析而来,可能存在错误,请以论文正文为准。

↑