Moderate geomagnetic storm (21-22 January 2005) triggered by an outstanding coronal mass ejection viewed via energetic neutral atoms

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Aug 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010jgra..11508213m&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 115, Issue A8, CiteID A08213

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Plasma Physics

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Magnetospheric Physics: Ring Current, Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetic Storms And Substorms (7954), Interplanetary Physics: Neutral Particles (7837), Interplanetary Physics: Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Space Plasma Physics: Mathematical And Numerical Techniques (0500, 3200)

Scientific paper

An outstanding flare on 20 January 2005 was accompanied by a coronal mass ejection which arrived at the magnetopause at ˜1712 UT, 21 January, and produced a strong compression-pressure pulse. Enhanced magnetospheric activity was stimulated. The associated development between <1800 UT and >02.19 UT on 21-22 January, 2005 of a ring current disturbance in energetic neutral atom (ENA) data, recorded aboard both the Double Star and the IMAGE (Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration) spacecraft, is described. A magnetic storm from ˜1712 UT, 21 January, reached minimum Dst = ˜-101 nT at ˜0600 UT, 22 January, and its recovery phase endured until 27 January. ENA data indicate that the ring current experienced a deep injection of H+ and O+ ions at ˜1830 UT when IMF Bz was oriented southward. At this time, the ring current was strongly asymmetric, although later it became more symmetric. Bz turned northward at 1946 UT. From ˜0224 to ˜0612 UT on 22 January, Bz fluctuated such that it intermittently pointed southward (±10 nT). The moderate but extended response of the geomagnetosphere to the strong pressure pulse is explained by a slow evolution in the orientation of Bz under conditions of enhanced plasma sheet density. Modeling of dynamical parameters that represent various current systems that contributed to Dst revealed their individual characteristics. The changing geomagnetic field was also modeled. Comparisons with ENA data show that early asymmetric enhancements recorded in hydrogen and oxygen were accompanied by intensified external current systems that produced a magnetic field related compression of the magnetosphere. The gradual reduction in ring current asymmetry was complemented by the largely symmetrical configuration displayed by the corresponding, still intensified, modeled magnetic field.

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