Statistics
Scientific paper
Aug 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994angeo..12..649c&link_type=abstract
Annales Geophysicae (ISSN 0992-7689), vol. 12, no. 7, p. 649-654
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Auroras, Earth Magnetosphere, Extremely Low Frequencies, Plasma Waves, Pulse Amplitude, Wave Generation, Wave Packets, Eiscat Radar System (Europe), Geomagnetic Latitude, Magnetohydrodynamic Stability, Plasma Resonance, Plasmapause, Protons
Scientific paper
Two features of giant pulsations (Pgs) which still require an explanation are firstly, why Pgs occur mainly in the early morning sector (i.e. 03:00-07:00 MLT) and not at other times of day, and secondly, why Pgs occur preferentially in a narrow latitudinal band (approximately 63-68 deg geomagnetic latitude). Using statistics from 34 Pg events observed by the European Incoherent Scatter Radar (EISCAT) magnetometer cross, a comparison has been made between the location of the Pg resonant field lines and the equatorward edge of the auroral oval. The majority of these Pg events appear to occur just poleward of this boundary. Using these results, an explanation of the two features of Pgs as detailed above is made. This explanation involves the interaction of protons, which may be responsible for the Pg events, with the inner edge of the plasma sheet or with its ionospheric equivalent, the equatorward edge of the auroral oval.
Chisham Gareth
Orr Daniel
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