An initial response of magnetic fields at geosynchronous orbit to Pi 2 onset as observed from the dip-equator |
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| Authors: | O Saka H Akaki O Watanabe M Shinohara D N Baker |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Physics, Kurume National College of Technology, 1232-Komorino, Kurume 830, Japan;(2) Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan;(3) Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA |
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| Abstract: | Fluxgate magnetometer data recorded at the dip-equator (Huancayo, Peru; 1.44°N, 355.9° in geomagnetic coordinates; 12.1°S, 75.2°W in geographic coordinates; L = 1.00) with higher accuracy of timing (0.1 s) and amplitude resolution (0.01 nT) were utilized to survey an onset of Pi 2 pulsations in the midnight sector (2100–0100 LT) during PROMIS (Polar Region and Outer Magnetosphere International Study) periods (1 March–20 June, 1986). It is found that changing field line magnitude and vector as observed by magnetometer on board the synchronous satellites in the midnight sector often takes place simultaneously with the onset of Pi 2 pulsations at the dip-equator. The field disturbances that follow thereafter tend to last for some time both at the geosynchronous altitudes and the dip-equator. In this report, we examine the initial response of the field lines in space, and attempt to classify how the field line vector changed in the meridional plane. |
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| Keywords: | Magnetospheric physics Magnetospheric configuration and dynamics MHD waves and instabilities Plasmasphere |
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