Comparing simulated and observed EMIC wave amplitudes using in situ Van Allen Probes’ measurements

Saikin, A. A.; Jordanova, Vania Koleva; Zhang, J. C.; Smith, C. W.; Spence, Harlan E.; Larsen, Brian Arthur; Reeves, Geoffrey D.; Torbert, R. B.; Kletzing, C. A.; Zhelavskaya, I. S.; Shprits, Y. Y.

doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2018.01.024

Title: Comparing simulated and observed EMIC wave amplitudes using in situ Van Allen Probes’ measurements

Journal Article · 02 February 2018 · Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2018.01.024 · OSTI ID:1422963

Saikin, A. A. ^[1];

^[2]; Zhang, J. C. ^[1]; Smith, C. W. ^[1]; Spence, Harlan E. ^[1];

^[3];

^[3]; Torbert, R. B. ^[1]; Kletzing, C. A. ^[4]; Zhelavskaya, I. S. ^[5]; Shprits, Y. Y. ^[6]

Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); The New Mexico Consortium, Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (United States)
Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States) ; University of Potsdam (Germany)

In this study, we perform a statistical study calculating electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) wave amplitudes based off in situ plasma measurements taken by the Van Allen Probes’ (1.1–5.8 R_e) Helium, Oxygen, Proton, Electron (HOPE) instrument. Calculated wave amplitudes are compared to EMIC waves observed by the Electric and Magnetic Field Instrument Suite and Integrated Science on board the Van Allen Probes during the same period. The survey covers a 22-month period (1 November 2012 to 31 August 2014), a full Van Allen Probe magnetic local time (MLT) precession. The linear theory proxy was used to identify EMIC wave events with plasma conditions favorable for EMIC wave excitation. Two hundred and thirty-two EMIC wave events (103 H⁺-band and 129 He⁺-band) were selected for this comparison. Nearly all events selected are observed beyond L = 4. Results show that calculated wave amplitudes exclusively using the in situ HOPE measurements produce amplitudes too low compared to the observed EMIC wave amplitudes. Hot proton anisotropy (Ahp) distributions are asymmetric in MLT within the inner (L < 7) magnetosphere with peak (minimum) A_hp, ~0.81 to 1.00 (~0.62), observed in the dawn (dusk), 0000 < MLT ≤ 1200 (1200 < MLT ≤ 2400), sectors. Measurements of A_hp are found to decrease in the presence of EMIC wave activity. A_hp amplification factors are determined and vary with respect to EMIC wave-band and MLT. Lastly, He⁺-band events generally require double (quadruple) the measured A_hp for the dawn (dusk) sector to reproduce the observed EMIC wave amplitudes.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1422963

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1702939

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-17-23552

Journal Information:: Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Vol. 177; ISSN 1364-6826

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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