Physics
Scientific paper
Feb 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010jgra..11502312p&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 115, Issue A2, CiteID A02312
Physics
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Ionosphere: Ionospheric Dynamics, Ionosphere: Ionosphere/Magnetosphere Interactions (2736), Magnetospheric Physics: Substorms, Ionosphere: Particle Precipitation, Radio Science: Electromagnetic Noise And Interference
Scientific paper
Spectral resonance structures (SRS) of the ionospheric Alfvén resonator (IAR) measured by the induction magnetometer at the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) ionospheric observatory during a substorm on 28 February 2006 are presented. The evolution of IAR SRS is compared to ionospheric parameters measured by the colocated Digisonde, riometer and all-sky imager at HAARP. Initially, the magnetic IAR signatures (spectral resonance structures) exhibited an expected variation that can be attributed to typical diurnal changes in ionospheric structure. At substorm onset, the signatures disappeared because of either a suppression of resonance conditions by substorm-related particle precipitation or enhanced power in the Pc1 spectrum that concealed continuing IAR SRS. After the substorm, the SRS reappeared; however the harmonics had shifted to lower frequencies with tighter frequency spacing. For the first time, we show that this time-dependent behavior in IAR SRS is explained by increased F region densities resulting from electron precipitation. Similarities between observed IAR harmonic frequencies and those calculated with a model suggest that variations in F region density, especially foF2, may often dominate the evolution of IAR eigenfrequencies. This could potentially provide a mechanism for monitoring topside dynamics using IAR SRS.
Jonathan Rae I.
Mann Ian R.
Parent Adrienne
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