The polarization of Pc5ULF waves around dawn: A possible ionospheric conductivity gradient effect

Details The polarization of Pc5ULF waves around dawn: A possible ionospheric conductivity gradient effect The polarization of Pc5ULF waves around dawn: A possible ionospheric conductivity gradient effect

Feb 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995angeo..13..159c&link_type=abstract

Annales Geophysicae (ISSN 0992-7689), vol. 13, no. 2, p. 159-167

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Earth Ionosphere, Extremely Low Frequencies, Ionospheric Conductivity, Morning, Polarization (Waves), Arrays, Boundary Conditions, Data Processing, Magnetometers, Radar

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In this study over 100 Pc5 events observed on the Sub-Auroral Magnetometer Network (SAMNET) magnetometer array have been cataloged. The ground horizontal polarization of these waves has been investigated and it has been shown that there are large differences between the polarization azimuth distributions on either side of noon. In the morning the azimuth distributions are spread evenly across all possible orientations whereas in the afternoon they are predominantly in a North-South orientation. The difference appears to be the result of a specific polarizattion pattern that occurred across the SAMNET array for 31 of the Pc5 events. These 31 Pc5 events all occurred in the morning sector, close to the dawn terminator. It is suggested that this special polarization pattern is a consequence of ionospheric conductivity gradients that occur at around dawn. This theory is reinforced by the comparison of the local times of these polarization variations with the local time of sunrise. By employing ionospheric conductivity data from the European Incoherent Scatter (EISCAT) radar for two of these Pc5 events, this connection has been studied in more detail.

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