Journal article
The Storm‐Time Ring Current Response to ICMEs and CIRs Using Van Allen Probe Observations
Journal of geophysical research. Space physics, Vol.124(11), pp.9017-9039
11/2019
DOI: 10.1029/2019JA026695
Abstract
Using Van Allen Probe observations of the inner magnetosphere during geomagnetic storms driven by interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) and corotating interaction regions (CIRs), we characterize the impact of these drivers on the storm‐time ring current development. Using 25 ICME‐ and 35 CIR‐driven storms, we have determined the ring current pressure development during the prestorm, main, early‐recovery, and late‐recovery storm phases, as a function of magnetic local time, L shell and ion species (H+, He+, and O+) over the 100‐ to 600‐keV energy range. Consistent with previous results, we find that during the storm main phase, most of the ring current pressure in the inner magnetosphere is contributed by particles on open drift paths drifting duskward leading to a strong partial ring current. The largest difference between the ICME and CIR ring current responses during the storm main and early‐recovery phases is the difference in the response of the <~55‐keV O+ to these drivers. While the H+ pressure response shows similar source and convection patterns for ICME and CIR storms, the O+ pressure response is significantly stronger for ICME storms. The ICME O+ pressure increases more strongly than H+ with decreasing L and peaks at lower L shells than H+.
Key Points
During the storm main and early‐recovery phases, most of the ring current pressure is contributed by particles on open drift paths
The largest difference between ICME and CIR responses in the main and early recovery phase is the <~55‐keV O+ pressure contribution
During the storm main and early‐recovery phases, the plasma beta increases to values greater than ~1 for L > 4 for ICMEs and L > 4.5 for CIRs
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Storm‐Time Ring Current Response to ICMEs and CIRs Using Van Allen Probe Observations
- Creators
- C. G. Mouikis - University of New HampshireS. T. Bingham - University of New HampshireL. M. Kistler - University of New HampshireC. J. Farrugia - University of New HampshireH. E. Spence - University of New HampshireG. D. Reeves - Los Alamos National LaboratoryM. Gkioulidou - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics LaboratoryD. G. Mitchell - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics LaboratoryC. A. Kletzing - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of geophysical research. Space physics, Vol.124(11), pp.9017-9039
- DOI
- 10.1029/2019JA026695
- ISSN
- 2169-9380
- eISSN
- 2169-9402
- Number of pages
- 23
- Grant note
- NASA (NNX14AC88G; NNX16AO04G; NNN06AA01C)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/2019
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984428768602771
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