Linear prediction studies for the solar wind and Saturn kilometric radiation

U. Taubenschuss; H. O. Rucker; W. S. Kurth; B. Cecconi; P. Zarka; M. K. Dougherty; J. T. Steinberg

doi:10.5194/angeo-24-3139-2006

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Linear prediction studies for the solar wind and Saturn kilometric radiation

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Linear prediction studies for the solar wind and Saturn kilometric radiation

U. Taubenschuss, H. O. Rucker, W. S. Kurth, B. Cecconi, P. Zarka, M. K. Dougherty and J. T. Steinberg

Annales geophysicae (1988), Vol.24(11), pp.3139-3150

11/22/2006

DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-3139-2006

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The external control of Saturn kilometric radiation (SKR) by the solar wind has been investigated in the frame of the Linear Prediction Theory (LPT). The LPT establishes a linear filter function on the basis of correlations between input signals, i.e. time profiles for solar wind parameters, and output signals, i.e. time profiles for SKR intensity. Three different experiments onboard the Cassini spacecraft (RPWS, MAG and CAPS) yield appropriate data sets for compiling the various input and output signals. The time period investigated ranges from DOY 202 to 326, 2004 and is only limited due to limited availability of CAPS plasma data for the solar wind. During this time Cassini was positioned mainly on the morning side on its orbit around Saturn at low southern latitudes. Four basic solar wind quantities have been found to exert a clear influence on the SKR intensity profile. These quantities are: the solar wind bulk velocity, the solar wind ram pressure, the magnetic field strength of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) and the y-component of the IMF. All four inputs exhibit nearly the same level of efficiency for the linear prediction indicating that all four inputs are possible drivers for triggering SKR. Furthermore, they act at completely different lag times ranging from ~13 h for the ram pressure to ~52 h for the bulk velocity. The lag time for the magnetic field strength is usually beyond ~40 h and the lag time for the y-component of the magnetic field is located around 30 h. Considering that all four solar wind quantities are interrelated in a corotating interaction region, only the influence of the ram pressure seems to be of reasonable relevance. An increase in ram pressure causes a substantial compression of Saturn's magnetosphere leading to tail collapse, injection of hot plasma from the tail into the outer magnetosphere and finally to an intensification of auroral dynamics and SKR emission. So, after the onset of magnetospheric compression at least ~1.2 rotations of the planet elapse until intensified SKR emission is visible in a Cassini-RPWS dynamic spectrum.

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Title: Subtitle: Linear prediction studies for the solar wind and Saturn kilometric radiation
Creators: U. Taubenschuss - Austrian Academy of Sciences
H. O. Rucker - Austrian Academy of Sciences
W. S. Kurth - University of Iowa
B. Cecconi - University of Iowa
P. Zarka - Laboratoire d’études spatiales et d’instrumentation en astrophysique
M. K. Dougherty - Imperial College London
J. T. Steinberg - Los Alamos National Laboratory
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Annales geophysicae (1988), Vol.24(11), pp.3139-3150
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-3139-2006
ISSN: 0992-7689
eISSN: 1432-0576
Publisher: European Geosciences Union
Language: English
Date published: 11/22/2006
Academic Unit: Physics and Astronomy
Record Identifier: 9984455366402771

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