North-south asymmetry in solar, interplanetary, and geomagnetic indices

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Mar 2012

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2012ap.....55..127e&link_type=abstract

Astrophysics, Volume 55, Issue 1, pp.127-139

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar North-South Asymmetry:Interplanetary Magnetic Field, Geomagnetic Activity Indices, Solar Activity, Solar Wind Speed

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Data of hourly interplanetary plasma (field magnitude, solar wind speed, and ion density), solar (sunspot number, solar radio flux), and geomagnetic indices (Kp, Ap) over the period 1970-2010, have been used to examine the asymmetry between the solar field north and south of the heliospheric current sheet (HCS). A persistent yearly north-south asymmetry of the field magnitude is clear over the considered period, and there is no magnetic solar cycle dependence. There is a weak N-S asymmetry in the averaged solar wind speed, exhibited well at times of maximum solar activities. The solar plasma is more dense north of the current sheet than south of it during the second negative solar polarity epoch ( qA < 0). Moreover, the N - S asymmetry in solar activity ( Rz) can be statistically highly significant. The sign of the average N - S asymmetry depends upon the solar magnetic polarity. The annual magnitudes of N - S asymmetry depend positively on the solar magnetic cycle. Most of the solar radio flux asymmetries occurred during the period of positive IMF polarity.

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