Periodic Modulations in Thermospheric Composition by Solar Wind High Speed Streams

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Dec 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008agufmsa21b1550c&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, abstract #SA21B-1550

Physics

0350 Pressure, Density, And Temperature, 0355 Thermosphere: Composition And Chemistry, 0358 Thermosphere: Energy Deposition (3369), 2435 Ionospheric Disturbances, 2736 Magnetosphere/Ionosphere Interactions (2431)

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We report on periodicities observed in the column density ratio, ΣO/N2, correlated with periodicities in solar wind speed and Kp index. The recently discovered solar-terrestrial connection between rotating solar coronal holes and mass density variations in the Earth's thermosphere by Lei et al. (2008) and Thayer et al. (2008) prompted this study and has led to further insight regarding the thermosphere response to periodic high-speed solar wind streams and recurrent geomagnetic activity. In particular, ΣO/ N2 ratios, measured by the Global Ultraviolet Imager (GUVI) instrument flown on the TIMED satellite, demonstrate strong 9 and 7 day oscillations in 2005 and 2006, respectively, that are well correlated with the solar wind speed and Kp index. More importantly, the ΣO/ N2 ratio response peaks at high latitudes, as opposed to the mass density response being global, indicating that vertical winds are active at the higher latitudes while lower latitudes experience primarily thermal expansion.

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