Penetration of magnetosonic waves into the plasmasphere observed by the Van Allen Probes

Xiao, Fuliang; Zhou, Qinghua; He, Yihua; Yang, Chang; Liu, Si; Baker, D. N.; Spence, H. E.; Reeves, Geoffrey D.; Funsten, Herbert O.; Blake, J. B.

doi:10.1002/2015GL065745

Penetration of magnetosonic waves into the plasmasphere observed by the Van Allen Probes

Journal Article · Fri Sep 11 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Geophysical Research Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GL065745· OSTI ID:1402599

Xiao, Fuliang ^[1]; Zhou, Qinghua ^[1]; He, Yihua ^[1]; Yang, Chang ^[1]; Liu, Si ^[1]; Baker, D. N. ^[2]; Spence, H. E. ^[3]; ^[4]; ^[4]; Blake, J. B. ^[5]

Changsha Univ. of Science and Technology, Changsha (China). School of Physics and Electronic Sciences
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). Lab. for Atmospheric and Space Physics
Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH (United States). Inst. for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, CA (United States)

During the small storm on 14–15 April 2014, Van Allen Probe A measured a continuously distinct proton ring distribution and enhanced magnetosonic (MS) waves along its orbit outside the plasmapause. Inside the plasmasphere, strong MS waves were still present but the distinct proton ring distribution was falling steeply with distance. We adopt a sum of subtracted bi-Maxwellian components to model the observed proton ring distribution and simulate the wave trajectory and growth. MS waves at first propagate toward lower L shells outside the plasmasphere, with rapidly increasing path gains related to the continuous proton ring distribution. The waves then gradually cross the plasmapause into the deep plasmasphere, with almost unchanged path gains due to the falling proton ring distribution and higher ambient density. These results present the first report on how MS waves penetrate into the plasmasphere with the aid of the continuous proton ring distributions during weak geomagnetic activities.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSFC); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1402599

Report Number(s):: LA-UR--15-28235

Journal Information:: Geophysical Research Letters, Journal Name: Geophysical Research Letters Journal Issue: 18 Vol. 42; ISSN 0094-8276

Publisher:: American Geophysical UnionCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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