Modulation of chorus intensity by ULF waves deep in the inner magnetosphere
Abstract
Previous studies have shown that chorus wave intensity can be modulated by Pc4-Pc5 compressional ULF waves. In this paper, we present Van Allen Probes observation of ULF wave modulating chorus wave intensity, which occurred deep in the magnetosphere. The ULF wave shows fundamental poloidal mode signature and mirror mode compressional nature. The observed ULF wave can modulate not only the chorus wave intensity but also the distribution of both protons and electrons. Linear growth rate analysis shows consistence with observed chorus intensity variation at low frequency (f <~ 0.3fce), but cannot account for the observed higher-frequency chorus waves, including the upper band chorus waves. This suggests the chorus waves at higher-frequency ranges require nonlinear mechanisms. Finally, in addition, we use combined observations of Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) A and B to verify that the ULF wave event is spatially local and does not last long.
- Authors:
-
- Univ. of Texas, Dallas, TX (United States). Dept. of Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China). State Key Lab. of Space Weather. National Space Science Center
- Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA (United States)
- Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
- New Jersey Inst. of Technology, Newark, NJ (United States)
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Texas, Dallas, TX (United States); Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE; National Science Foundation (NSF); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1402618
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-16-26169
Journal ID: ISSN 0094-8276; TRN: US1702880
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396; AGS 1405041; NNX15AI93G; NNX14AN55G
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Geophysical Research Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 43; Journal Issue: 18; Journal ID: ISSN 0094-8276
- Publisher:
- American Geophysical Union
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; chorus modulation; ULF wave; whistler wave; inner magnetosphere
Citation Formats
Xia, Zhiyang, Chen, Lunjin, Dai, Lei, Claudepierre, Seth G., Chan, Anthony A., Soto-Chavez, A. R., and Reeves, G. D. Modulation of chorus intensity by ULF waves deep in the inner magnetosphere. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1002/2016GL070280.
Xia, Zhiyang, Chen, Lunjin, Dai, Lei, Claudepierre, Seth G., Chan, Anthony A., Soto-Chavez, A. R., & Reeves, G. D. Modulation of chorus intensity by ULF waves deep in the inner magnetosphere. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL070280
Xia, Zhiyang, Chen, Lunjin, Dai, Lei, Claudepierre, Seth G., Chan, Anthony A., Soto-Chavez, A. R., and Reeves, G. D. Mon .
"Modulation of chorus intensity by ULF waves deep in the inner magnetosphere". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL070280. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1402618.
@article{osti_1402618,
title = {Modulation of chorus intensity by ULF waves deep in the inner magnetosphere},
author = {Xia, Zhiyang and Chen, Lunjin and Dai, Lei and Claudepierre, Seth G. and Chan, Anthony A. and Soto-Chavez, A. R. and Reeves, G. D.},
abstractNote = {Previous studies have shown that chorus wave intensity can be modulated by Pc4-Pc5 compressional ULF waves. In this paper, we present Van Allen Probes observation of ULF wave modulating chorus wave intensity, which occurred deep in the magnetosphere. The ULF wave shows fundamental poloidal mode signature and mirror mode compressional nature. The observed ULF wave can modulate not only the chorus wave intensity but also the distribution of both protons and electrons. Linear growth rate analysis shows consistence with observed chorus intensity variation at low frequency (f <~ 0.3fce), but cannot account for the observed higher-frequency chorus waves, including the upper band chorus waves. This suggests the chorus waves at higher-frequency ranges require nonlinear mechanisms. Finally, in addition, we use combined observations of Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) A and B to verify that the ULF wave event is spatially local and does not last long.},
doi = {10.1002/2016GL070280},
journal = {Geophysical Research Letters},
number = 18,
volume = 43,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Sep 05 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Mon Sep 05 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
Web of Science
Works referenced in this record:
Source characteristics of ELF/VLF chorus: SOURCE CHARACTERISTICS OF CHORUS
journal, December 2002
- Lauben, D. S.; Inan, U. S.; Bell, T. F.
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Vol. 107, Issue A12
A numerical study of chorus generation and the related variation of wave intensity using the DAWN code
journal, May 2014
- Tao, X.
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Vol. 119, Issue 5
Two types of magnetospheric ELF chorus and their substorm dependences
journal, November 1977
- Tsurutani, Bruce T.; Smith, Edward J.
- Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 82, Issue 32
Global-scale coherence modulation of radiation-belt electron loss from plasmaspheric hiss
journal, June 2015
- Breneman, A. W.; Halford, A.; Millan, R.
- Nature, Vol. 523, Issue 7559
Pc5 geomagnetic pulsations, pulsating particle precipitation, and VLF chorus: Case study on 24 November 2006: PC5, PULSATING ABSORPTION, AND VLF CHORUS
journal, August 2010
- Manninen, J.; Kleimenova, N. G.; Kozyreva, O. V.
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Vol. 115, Issue A8
The Relativistic Electron-Proton Telescope (REPT) Instrument on Board the Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) Spacecraft: Characterization of Earth’s Radiation Belt High-Energy Particle Populations
journal, December 2012
- Baker, D. N.; Kanekal, S. G.; Hoxie, V. C.
- Space Science Reviews, Vol. 179, Issue 1-4
Postmidnight chorus: A substorm phenomenon
journal, January 1974
- Tsurutani, Bruce T.; Smith, Edward J.
- Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 79, Issue 1
Kinetic theory of geomagnetic pulsations: 1. Internal excitations by energetic particles
journal, February 1991
- Chen, Liu; Hasegawa, Akira
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Vol. 96, Issue A2
Eigenmode analysis of compressional waves in the magnetosphere
journal, August 1987
- Cheng, C. Z.; Lin, C. S.
- Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 14, Issue 8
The Electric and Magnetic Field Instrument Suite and Integrated Science (EMFISIS) on RBSP
journal, June 2013
- Kletzing, C. A.; Kurth, W. S.; Acuna, M.
- Space Science Reviews, Vol. 179, Issue 1-4
Rebuilding process of the outer radiation belt during the 3 November 1993 magnetic storm: NOAA and Exos-D observations
journal, January 2003
- Miyoshi, Yoshizumi
- Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 108, Issue A1
Limit on stably trapped particle fluxes
journal, January 1966
- Kennel, C. F.; Petschek, H. E.
- Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 71, Issue 1
Identifying the Driver of Pulsating Aurora
journal, September 2010
- Nishimura, Y.; Bortnik, J.; Li, W.
- Science, Vol. 330, Issue 6000
Van Allen Probes observation of localized drift resonance between poloidal mode ultra-low frequency waves and 60 keV electrons: ULF DRIFT RESONANCE
journal, September 2013
- Claudepierre, S. G.; Mann, I. R.; Takahashi, K.
- Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 40, Issue 17
Excitation of poloidal standing Alfvén waves through drift resonance wave-particle interaction: POLOIDAL ULF WAVES AND DRIFT RESONANCE
journal, August 2013
- Dai, Lei; Takahashi, Kazue; Wygant, John R.
- Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 40, Issue 16
A simulation study of the propagation of whistler-mode chorus in the Earth’s inner magnetosphere
journal, April 2014
- Katoh, Yuto
- Earth, Planets and Space, Vol. 66, Issue 1
Favored regions for chorus-driven electron acceleration to relativistic energies in the Earth's outer radiation belt: CHORUS ACCELERATION TO RELATIVISTIC ENERGIES
journal, August 2003
- Meredith, Nigel P.; Horne, Richard B.; Thorne, Richard M.
- Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 30, Issue 16
Chorus source locations from VLF Poynting flux measurements with the Polar spacecraft
journal, November 1998
- LeDocq, M. J.; Gurnett, D. A.; Hospodarsky, G. B.
- Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 25, Issue 21
The Electric Field and Waves Instruments on the Radiation Belt Storm Probes Mission
journal, October 2013
- Wygant, J. R.; Bonnell, J. W.; Goetz, K.
- Space Science Reviews, Vol. 179, Issue 1-4
Amplitude dependence of frequency sweep rates of whistler mode chorus emissions: PROPERTIES OF CHORUS GENERATION
journal, July 2011
- Katoh, Yuto; Omura, Yoshiharu
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Vol. 116, Issue A7
Substorm dependence of chorus amplitudes: Implications for the acceleration of electrons to relativistic energies
journal, July 2001
- Meredith, Nigel P.; Horne, Richard B.; Anderson, Roger R.
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Vol. 106, Issue A7
A general approach to low-frequency instability in the ring current plasma
journal, July 1976
- Southwood, D. J.
- Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 81, Issue 19
A survey of equatorial magnetospheric wave activity between 5 and 8 RE
journal, October 1990
- Koons, H. C.; Roeder, J. L.
- Planetary and Space Science, Vol. 38, Issue 10
Correlated Pc4-5 ULF waves, whistler-mode chorus, and pulsating aurora observed by the Van Allen Probes and ground-based systems: PA, PC4-5, AND CHORUS CORRELATION
journal, October 2015
- Jaynes, A. N.; Lessard, M. R.; Takahashi, K.
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Vol. 120, Issue 10
How are the VLF quasi-periodic emissions controlled by harmonics of field line oscillations? The results of a comparison between ground and Geos satellites measurements
journal, January 1986
- Tixier, Michel; Cornilleau-Wehrlin, Nicole
- Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 91, Issue A6
Solar wind excitation of Pc5 fluctuations in the magnetosphere and on the ground: SOLAR WIND EXCITATION OF PC5
journal, April 2008
- Kessel, R. L.
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Vol. 113, Issue A4
Standing Alfvén waves in the magnetosphere
journal, February 1969
- Cummings, W. D.; O'Sullivan, R. J.; Coleman, P. J.
- Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 74, Issue 3
Modulation of whistler mode chorus waves: 1. Role of compressional Pc4-5 pulsations: CHORUS MODULATION BY Pc4-5 PULSATIONS
journal, June 2011
- Li, W.; Thorne, R. M.; Bortnik, J.
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Vol. 116, Issue A6
Banded chorus-A new type of VLF radiation observed in the magnetosphere by OGO 1 and OGO 3
journal, June 1969
- Burtis, W. J.; Helliwell, R. A.
- Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 74, Issue 11
Solar wind-magnetosphere coupling leading to relativistic electron energization during high-speed streams
journal, January 2005
- Lyons, L. R.; Lee, D. -Y.; Thorne, R. M.
- Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 110, Issue A11
Magnetospheric chorus: Occurrence patterns and normalized frequency
journal, November 1976
- Burtis, W. J.; Helliwell, R. A.
- Planetary and Space Science, Vol. 24, Issue 11
Helium, Oxygen, Proton, and Electron (HOPE) Mass Spectrometer for the Radiation Belt Storm Probes Mission
journal, March 2013
- Funsten, H. O.; Skoug, R. M.; Guthrie, A. A.
- Space Science Reviews, Vol. 179, Issue 1-4
Spatio-temporal structure of storm-time chorus
journal, January 2003
- Santolík, O.
- Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 108, Issue A7
THEMIS analysis of observed equatorial electron distributions responsible for the chorus excitation: ELECTRON DISTRIBUTIONS FOR CHORUS WAVES
journal, June 2010
- Li, W.; Thorne, R. M.; Nishimura, Y.
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Vol. 115, Issue A6
Evidence for chorus-driven electron acceleration to relativistic energies from a survey of geomagnetically disturbed periods
journal, January 2003
- Meredith, Nigel P.
- Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 108, Issue A6
Solar wind control of Pc5 pulsation power at geosynchronous orbit: SOLAR WIND CONTROL OF Pc5
journal, November 2007
- Takahashi, Kazue; Ukhorskiy, Aleksandr Y.
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Vol. 112, Issue A11
Storm time occurrence and spatial distribution of Pc4 poloidal ULF waves in the inner magnetosphere: A Van Allen Probes statistical study
journal, June 2015
- Dai, Lei; Takahashi, Kazue; Lysak, Robert
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Vol. 120, Issue 6
Evaluation of whistler-mode chorus intensification on the nightside during an injection event observed on the THEMIS spacecraft: WHISTLER-MODE CHORUS INTENSIFICATION
journal, January 2009
- Li, W.; Thorne, R. M.; Angelopoulos, V.
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Vol. 114, Issue A1
Drift Mirror Instability in the Magnetosphere
journal, January 1969
- Hasegawa, Akira
- Physics of Fluids, Vol. 12, Issue 12
Science Objectives and Rationale for the Radiation Belt Storm Probes Mission
journal, September 2012
- Mauk, B. H.; Fox, N. J.; Kanekal, S. G.
- Space Science Reviews, Vol. 179, Issue 1-4
Science Goals and Overview of the Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) Energetic Particle, Composition, and Thermal Plasma (ECT) Suite on NASA’s Van Allen Probes Mission
journal, October 2013
- Spence, H. E.; Reeves, G. D.; Baker, D. N.
- Space Science Reviews, Vol. 179, Issue 1-4
The Electric Field and Waves Instruments on the Radiation Belt Storm Probes Mission
book, January 2013
- Wygant, J. R.; Bonnell, J. W.; Goetz, K.
- The Van Allen Probes Mission
Eigenmode analysis of compressional waves in the magnetosphere
report, April 1987
- Cheng, C. Z.; Lin, C. S.
Works referencing / citing this record:
On the Driver of Daytime Pc3 Auroral Pulsations
journal, January 2019
- Motoba, T.; Ebihara, Y.; Ogawa, Y.
- Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 46, Issue 2
Magnetospheric Chorus, Exohiss, and Magnetosonic Emissions Simultaneously Modulated by Fundamental Toroidal Standing Alfvén Waves Following Solar Wind Dynamic Pressure Fluctuations
journal, February 2019
- Liu, Nigang; Su, Zhenpeng; Gao, Zhonglei
- Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 46, Issue 4
Modulation of Locally Generated Equatorial Noise by ULF Wave
journal, April 2019
- Zhu, Hui; Chen, Lunjin; Liu, Xu
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Periodic Excitation of Chorus and ECH Waves Modulated by Ultralow Frequency Compressions
journal, November 2019
- Zhang, Xiao‐Jia; Chen, Lunjin; Artemyev, Anton V.
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Vol. 124, Issue 11
Observational evidence of the drift-mirror plasma instability in Earth's inner magnetosphere
journal, April 2019
- Soto-Chavez, A. R.; Lanzerotti, L. J.; Manweiler, J. W.
- Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 26, Issue 4
Observations of Whistler Waves Correlated with Electron-scale Coherent Structures in the Magnetosheath Turbulent Plasma
journal, June 2018
- Huang, S. Y.; Sahraoui, F.; Yuan, Z. G.
- The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 861, Issue 1