Nighttime Magnetic Perturbation Events Observed in Arctic Canada: 3. Occurrence and Amplitude as Functions of Magnetic Latitude, Local Time, and Magnetic Disturbance Indices
| Autor: | David Boteler, Shin Ohtani, E. S. Steinmetz, Jesper Gjerloev, Martin Connors, Christopher T. Russell, Mark J. Engebretson, Viacheslav Pilipenko, Howard J. Singer, Audrey Schillings, Mark B. Moldwin, Hermann Opgenoorth |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Physics
Atmospheric Science geomagnetically induced currents 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences magnetic storms Magnetic perturbation Geophysics 01 natural sciences Physics::Geophysics Latitude Magnetic field Geomagnetically induced current substorms Amplitude Astronomi astrofysik och kosmologi Arctic Local time Physics::Space Physics 0103 physical sciences Astronomy Astrophysics and Cosmology Current (fluid) 010303 astronomy & astrophysics omega bands magnetic perturbation events 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Space Weather. 19 |
| ISSN: | 1542-7390 |
| DOI: | 10.1029/2020sw002526 |
| Popis: | Rapid changes of magnetic fields associated with nighttime magnetic perturbation events (MPEs) with amplitudes |ΔB| of hundreds of nT and 5–10 min duration can induce geomagnetically induced currents (GICs) that can harm technological systems. This study compares the occurrence and amplitude of nighttime MPEs with |dB/dt| ≥ 6 nT/s observed during 2015 and 2017 at five stations in Arctic Canada ranging from 64.7° to 75.2° in corrected geomagnetic latitude (MLAT) as functions of magnetic local time (MLT), the SME (SuperMAG version of AE) and SYM/H magnetic indices, and time delay after substorm onsets. Although most MPEs occurred within 30 min after a substorm onset, ∼10% of those observed at the four lower latitude stations occurred over two hours after the most recent onset. A broad distribution in local time appeared at all five stations between 1700 and 0100 MLT, and a narrower distribution appeared at the lower latitude stations between 0200 and 0700 MLT. There was little or no correlation between MPE amplitude and the SYM/H index; most MPEs at all stations occurred for SYM/H values between −40 and 0 nT. SME index values for MPEs observed >1 h after the most recent substorm onset fell in the lower half of the range of SME values for events during substorms, and dipolarizations in synchronous orbit at GOES 13 during these events were weaker or more often nonexistent. These observations suggest that substorms are neither necessary nor sufficient to cause MPEs, and hence predictions of GICs cannot focus solely on substorms. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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