Journal article
The distribution of plasmaspheric hiss wave power with respect to plasmapause location
Geophysical research letters, Vol.43(15), pp.7878-7886
08/16/2016
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL069982
Abstract
In this work, Van Allen Probes data are used to derive terrestrial plasmaspheric hiss wave power distributions organized by (1) distance away from the plasmapause and (2) plasmapause distance from Earth. This approach is in contrast to the traditional organization of hiss wave power by L parameter and geomagnetic activity. Plasmapause‐sorting reveals previously unreported and highly repeatable features of the hiss wave power distribution, including a regular spatial distribution of hiss power with respect to the plasmapause, a standoff distance between peak hiss power and the plasmapause, and frequency‐dependent spatial localization of hiss. Identification and quantification of these features can provide insight into hiss generation and propagation and will facilitate improved parameterization of hiss wave power in predictive simulations of inner magnetosphere dynamics.
Key Points
Plasmaspheric hiss is parameterized using distance from the plasmapause and plasmapause location
Hiss wave power distribution shapes with respect to plasmapause location are highly repeatable
The shape of plasmaspheric hiss wave power distributions depends upon plasmapause location with respect to Earth
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The distribution of plasmaspheric hiss wave power with respect to plasmapause location
- Creators
- David M Malaspina - University of Colorado BoulderAllison N Jaynes - University of Colorado BoulderCory Boulé - Keene State CollegeJacob Bortnik - University of California, Los AngelesScott A Thaller - University of MinnesotaRobert E Ergun - University of Colorado BoulderCraig A Kletzing - University of IowaJohn R Wygant - University of Minnesota
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Geophysical research letters, Vol.43(15), pp.7878-7886
- DOI
- 10.1002/2016GL069982
- ISSN
- 0094-8276
- eISSN
- 1944-8007
- Number of pages
- 9
- Grant note
- NASA (NAS5-01072; NNX13AI61G; NNX14AN85G)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/16/2016
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy; University College Courses
- Record Identifier
- 9984199774902771
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