The Characteristic Response of Whistler Mode Waves to Interplanetary Shocks
Abstract
Magnetospheric whistler mode waves play a key role in regulating the dynamics of the electron radiation belts. Recent satellite observations indicate a significant influence of interplanetary (IP) shocks on whistler mode wave power in the inner magnetosphere. In this study, we statistically investigate the response of whistler mode chorus and plasmaspheric hiss to IP shocks based on Van Allen Probes and THEMIS satellite observations. Immediately after the IP shock arrival, chorus wave power is usually intensified, often at postmidnight to prenoon sector, while plasmaspheric hiss wave power predominantly decreases near the dayside but intensifies near the nightside. We conclude that chorus wave intensification outside the plasmasphere is probably associated with the suprathermal electron flux enhancement caused by the IP shock. Through a simple ray tracing modeling assuming the scenario that plasmaspheric hiss is originated from chorus, we find that the solar wind dynamic pressure increase changes the magnetic field configuration to favor ray penetration in the nightside and promote ray refraction away from the dayside, potentially explaining the magnetic local time–dependent responses of plasmaspheric hiss waves following IP shock arrivals.
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- Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States); Univ. Corp. for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO (United States)
- Univ. of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX (United States)
- Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
- Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States); Boston Univ., Boston, MA (United States)
- Wuhan Univ., Wuhan (China)
- Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (United States)
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Space Sciences Division at the New Mexico Consortium, Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1440491
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-17-31422
Journal ID: ISSN 2169-9380; TRN: US1900753
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Geophysical Research. Space Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 122; Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 2169-9380
- Publisher:
- American Geophysical Union
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; Heliospheric and Magnetospheric Physics; IP shocks; plasmaspheric hiss; whistler mode chorus; ray tracing; MLT dependent
Citation Formats
Yue, Chao, Chen, Lunjin, Bortnik, Jacob, Ma, Qianli, Thorne, Richard M., Angelopoulos, Vassilis, Li, Jinxing, An, Xin, Zhou, Chen, Kletzing, Craig, Reeves, Geoffrey D., and Spence, Harlan E. The Characteristic Response of Whistler Mode Waves to Interplanetary Shocks. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1002/2017JA024574.
Yue, Chao, Chen, Lunjin, Bortnik, Jacob, Ma, Qianli, Thorne, Richard M., Angelopoulos, Vassilis, Li, Jinxing, An, Xin, Zhou, Chen, Kletzing, Craig, Reeves, Geoffrey D., & Spence, Harlan E. The Characteristic Response of Whistler Mode Waves to Interplanetary Shocks. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JA024574
Yue, Chao, Chen, Lunjin, Bortnik, Jacob, Ma, Qianli, Thorne, Richard M., Angelopoulos, Vassilis, Li, Jinxing, An, Xin, Zhou, Chen, Kletzing, Craig, Reeves, Geoffrey D., and Spence, Harlan E. Fri .
"The Characteristic Response of Whistler Mode Waves to Interplanetary Shocks". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JA024574. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1440491.
@article{osti_1440491,
title = {The Characteristic Response of Whistler Mode Waves to Interplanetary Shocks},
author = {Yue, Chao and Chen, Lunjin and Bortnik, Jacob and Ma, Qianli and Thorne, Richard M. and Angelopoulos, Vassilis and Li, Jinxing and An, Xin and Zhou, Chen and Kletzing, Craig and Reeves, Geoffrey D. and Spence, Harlan E.},
abstractNote = {Magnetospheric whistler mode waves play a key role in regulating the dynamics of the electron radiation belts. Recent satellite observations indicate a significant influence of interplanetary (IP) shocks on whistler mode wave power in the inner magnetosphere. In this study, we statistically investigate the response of whistler mode chorus and plasmaspheric hiss to IP shocks based on Van Allen Probes and THEMIS satellite observations. Immediately after the IP shock arrival, chorus wave power is usually intensified, often at postmidnight to prenoon sector, while plasmaspheric hiss wave power predominantly decreases near the dayside but intensifies near the nightside. We conclude that chorus wave intensification outside the plasmasphere is probably associated with the suprathermal electron flux enhancement caused by the IP shock. Through a simple ray tracing modeling assuming the scenario that plasmaspheric hiss is originated from chorus, we find that the solar wind dynamic pressure increase changes the magnetic field configuration to favor ray penetration in the nightside and promote ray refraction away from the dayside, potentially explaining the magnetic local time–dependent responses of plasmaspheric hiss waves following IP shock arrivals.},
doi = {10.1002/2017JA024574},
journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research. Space Physics},
number = 10,
volume = 122,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Sep 29 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Fri Sep 29 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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