Semiannual variation of the geomagnetic <formula alphabet="latin">Dst index: Evidence for a dominant nonstorm component

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Oct 2001

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001jgr...10621297c&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 106, Issue A10, p. 21297-21304

Physics

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Magnetospheric Physics

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The geomagnetic Dst index exhibits a strong semiannual variation with amplitude of 5.3 nT (on an average baseline of -16.4 nT) for 1957-1997. If we consider the five quietest Dst days for each month during this interval, we find that while the average Dst baseline shifts from -16.4 to +4.0 nT, the amplitude of the 6-month wave remains relatively strong at 2.5 nT. Thus ~50% (2.5 nT/5.3 nT) of the seasonal variation of the Dst index results from modulation of its quiet time baseline. The seasonal modulation of Dst appears to consist of both a storm component, resulting from rapid variations of the ring current and other currents, and a slowly varying, nonstorm component. We estimate that the storm component accounts for only ~30-50% of the amplitude of the 6-month wave in Dst versus ~50-70% for the nonstorm component. The classic equinoctial effect appears to dominate the storm component, accounting for 20-40% of the amplitude of the 6-month wave in Dst versus ~10% for the combined axial/Russell-McPherron mechanisms. Candidate mechanisms for the nonstorm component of the 6-month wave in Dst include the Malin-Isikara effect (the seasonal displacement of ring/tail currents by solar wind compression) and a semiannual variation of magnetopause currents.

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