TWINS Observations of the 22 July 2009 Storm

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Dec 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009agufmsm11a1545f&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009, abstract #SM11A-1545

Physics

[2736] Magnetospheric Physics / Magnetosphere/Ionosphere Interactions, [2740] Magnetospheric Physics / Magnetospheric Configuration And Dynamics, [2778] Magnetospheric Physics / Ring Current, [2788] Magnetospheric Physics / Magnetic Storms And Substorms

Scientific paper

TWINS is the first mission designed to perform stereo imaging of the Earth’s ring current. The magnetic storm on 22 July 2009 is the greatest storm observed since the summer of 2008 when TWINS began its full science mode. On 22 July 2009, the Dst dropped to nearly -80 nT at 07:00 and 10:00 UT. During the main phase and at the peak of the storm, TWINS 1 and 2 were near apogee and moving from pre-dawn to post-dawn local time. The energetic neutral atom (ENA) imagers on the 2 spacecraft captured the storm intensification and the formation of the partial ring current. The development of this storm has been simulated using the Comprehensive Ring Current Model (CRCM) to understand and interpret the observed signatures. The CRCM reproduced the double-dip in the Dst index and the simulated ENA flux intensities agree very well with the TWINS images. However, the peak of ion flux predicted by the model is always eastward of the observed maximum by TWINS. This discrepancy posts a challenge to reexamine the physical models employed in the CRCM and our understanding on magnetospheric dynamics.

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