Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jun 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008jass...25..113c&link_type=abstract
Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences. Vol. 25, no. 2, 113-128
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Solar Wind, Solar Wind Dynamic Pressure Enhancements, Magnetic Storms
Scientific paper
Solar wind dynamic pressure enhancements are known to cause various types of disturbances to the magnetosphere. In particular, dynamic pressure enhancements may affect the evolution of magnetic storms when they occur during storm times. In this paper, we have investigated the statistical significance and features of dynamic pressure enhancements during magnetic storm times. For the investigation, we have used a total of 91 geomagnetic storms for 2001-2003, for which the Dst minimum (Dst_{min}) is below -50 nT. Also, we have imposed a set of selection criteria for a pressure enhancement to be considered an event: The main selection criterion is that the pressure increases by ≥ 50% or ≥ 3 nPa within 30 min and remains to be elevated for 10 min or longer. For our statistical analysis, we define the storm time to be the interval from the main Dst decrease, through Dst_{min}, to the point where the Dst index recovers by 50%. Our main results are summarized as follows. (i)˜ 81% of the studied storms indicate at least one event of pressure enhancements. When averaged over all the 91 storms, the occurrence rate is ˜ 4.5 pressure enhancement events per storm and ˜ 0.15 pressure enhancement events per hour. (ii) The occurrence rate of the pressure enhancements is about three times higher for CME-driven storm times than for CIR-driven storm times. (iii) Only 21.1% of the pressure enhancements show a clear association with an interplanetary shock. (iv) A large number of the pressure enhancement events are accompanied with a simultaneous change of IMF B_y and/or B_z: For example, 73.5% of the pressure enhancement events are associated with an IMF change of either |Δ B_z | > 2 nT or |Δ B_y | > 2 nT. This last finding suggests that one should consider possible interplay effects between the simultaneous pressure and IMF changes in many situations.
Choi Cheong-Rim
Kim Heon Jung
Kim Kyung Chan
Lee Dong-Yup
Lee Edward
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