Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Some aspects of modelling the high-latitude ionospheric convection from Cluster/Edi data

  • Published:
Geomagnetism and Aeronomy Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Measurements onboard Cluster satellites are briefly described, which form the base for determining the intensity and direction of the electric field in the magnetosphere. The aim of this paper is to describe (1) the methodology of calculating the potential distribution at the ionospheric level and the results of constructing spatiotemporal convection patterns for different orientations of the IMF vector in the GSM YZ plane; (2) derivation of basic convection patterns (BCPs), which allow to deduce the statistical ionospheric convection pattern at high latitudes for any IMF Bz and By values (statistical convection model) using different sets of independent data; (3) the consequences of enlarging the amount of data used for analysis; (4) the results of potential calculations with various orders of the spherical harmonics describing them; (5) determination of the cross-polar cap potential with different IMF sector widths (α from 45° down to 10°); (6) the results of our trials to determine the contribution of the IMF Bx component to the convection pattern.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Alexeev, I.I., Belenkaya, E.S., Bobrovnikov, S.Yu., Kalegaev, V.V., Cummnok, J.A., and Blomberg, L.G., Magnetopause Mapping to the Ionosphere for Northward IMF, Ann.Geophys., 2007, vol. 25, no. 12, pp. 2615–2625.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Baker, J.B.H., Greenwald, R.A., Ruohoniemi, J.M., Förster, M., Paschmann, G., Donovan, E.F., Tsyganenko, N.A., Quinn, J.M., and Balogh, A., Conjugate Comparison of Super Dual Auroral Radar Network and Cluster Electron Drift Instrument Measurements of E × B Plasma Drift, J. Geophys. Res., 2004, vol. 109A, pp. 01209–01229; doi:10.1029/2003JA009912.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Balogh, A., Carr, C.M., Acuna, M.H., et al., The Cluster Magnetic Field Investigation: Overview of In-Flight Performance and Initial Results, Ann.Geophys., 2001, vol. 19, no. 10, pp. 1207–1217.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Belenkaya, E.S., High-Latitude Ionospheric Convection Patterns Dependent on the Variable IMF Orientation, J. Atmos. Sol.-Terr. Phys., 1998, vol. 60, no. 13, pp. 1343–1354.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Blomberg, L.G., Cummnok, J.A., Alexeev, I.I., Belenkaya, E.S., Bobrovnikov, S.Yu., and Kalegaev, V.V., Transpolar Aurora: Time Evolution, Associated Convection Patterns, and a Possible Cause, Ann. Geophys., 2005, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 1917–1930.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Cowley, S.W.H., Morelli, J.P., and Lockwood, M., Dependence of Convective Flow and Particle Precipitation in the High-Latitude Dayside Ionosphere on the X and Y Components of the IMF, J. Geophys. Res., 1991, vol. 96A, pp. 5557–5564.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Crooker, N.U., An Evolution of Antiparallel Merging, Geophys. Res. Lett., 1986, vol. 13, no. 10, pp. 1063–1066.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Eriksson, A.I., Andre, M., Klecker, B., et al., Electric Field Measurements on CLUSTER: Comparing the Double-Probe and Electron Drift Techniques, Ann. Geophys., 2006, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 275–289.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Feldstein, Y.I. and Levitin, A.E., Solar Wind Control of Electric Fields and Currents in the Ionosphere, J. Geomagn. Geoelectr., 1986, vol. 38, pp. 1143–1182.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Förster, M., Paschmann, G., Haaland, S.E., et al., High-Latitude Plasma Convection from Cluster EDI: Variances and Solar Wind Correlations, Ann. Geophys., 2007, vol. 25, no. 7, pp. 1691–1707.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Förster, M., Haaland, S.E., Paschmann, G., et al., High-Latitude Plasma Convection during Northward IMF as Derived from In-Situ Magnetospheric Cluster EDI Measurements, Ann. Geophys., 2008, vol. 26, no. 9, pp. 2685–2700.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Förster, M., Feldstein, Y.I., Haaland, S.E., Dremukhina, L.A., Gromova, L.I., and Levitin, A.E., Magnetospheric Convection from Cluster EDI Measurements Compared with the Ground-Based Ionospheric Convection Model IZMEM, Ann. Geophys., 2009, vol. 27, no. 8, pp. 3077–3087.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Förster, M., Feldstein, Y.I., Gromova, L.I., Dremukhina, L.A., Levitin, A.E., and Haaland, S.E., Plasma Convection in the High-Latitude Ionosphere Deduced from Cluster EDI Data and IMF Bx Component, Proc. 34th Apatity Annual Seminar “Physics of Auroral Phenomena”, Apatity, 2011, pp. 42–45.

  • Friis-Christensen, E., Lassen, K., Wilhjelm, J., Wilcox, J.M., Gonsalez, W., and Colburn, D.S., Critical Component of the Interplanetary Magnetic Field Responsible for Large Geomagnetic Effects in the Polar Cap, J. Geophys. Res., 1972, vol. 77, no. 19, pp. 3371–3376.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Haaland, S.E., Paschmann, G., Förster, M., et al., High-Latitude Plasma Convection from Cluster EDI Measurements: Method and IMF-Dependence, Ann. Geophys., 2007, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 239–253.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Haines, G.V., Spherical Cap Harmonic Analysis, J. Geophys. Res., 1985, vol. 90B, pp. 2583–2591.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kabin, K., Rankin, R., Marchand, R., et al., Dynamic Response of Earth’s Magnetosphere to By Reversals, J. Geophys. Res., 2003, vol. 108A, pp. 1132–1143; doi:10.1029/ 2002JA009480.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Levitin, A.E., Afonina, R.G., Belov, B.A., and Feldstein, Y.I., Geomagnetic Variations and Field-Aligned Currents at Northern High-Latitudes and Their Relations to Solar Wind Parameters, Philos Trans. R. Soc. (London), Ser. A, 1982, vol. A304, pp. 253–301.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Newell, P.T., Meng, C.-I., Sibeck, D.G., and Lepping, R., Some Low-Altitude Cusp Dependencies on the Interplanetary Magnetic Field, J. Geophys. Res., 1989, vol. 94A, pp. 8921–8927.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Newell, P.T., Liou, K., and Wilson, G.R., Polar Cap Particle Precipitation and Aurora: Review and Commentary, J. Atmos. Sol.-Terr. Phys., 2009, vol. 71, no. 2, pp. 199–215.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Papitashvilli, V.O. and Rich, F.J., High Latitude Ionospheric Convection Models Derived from DMSP Ion Drift Observations and Parametrized by the Interplanetary Magnetic Field Strings and Direction, J. Geophys. Res., 2002, vol. 107A, pp. 1198–1210; doi:10.1029/2001JA000264.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Paschmann, G., Quinn, J.M., Torbert, R.B., et al., The Electron Drift Instrument on Cluster: Overview of First Results, Ann.Geophys., 2001, vol. 19, no. 10, pp. 1273–1288.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Peng, Z., Wang, C., and Hu, Y.Q., Role of IMF Bx in the Solar Wind-Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling, J. Geophys. Res., 2010, vol. 115A, pp. 8224–8230; doi:10.1029/2010A015454.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Sumaruk, P.V. and Feldstein, Y.I., Sector Structure of IMF and Magnetic Disturbances in the Polar Region, Kosm. Issled., 1973, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 155–160.

    Google Scholar 

  • Weimer, D.R., Ober, D.M., Maynard, N.C., Collier, M.R., McComas, D.J., Ness, N.F., Smith, C.W., and Watermann, J., Predicting Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF) Propagation Delay Times Using the Minimum Variance Technique, J. Geophys. Res., 2003, vol. 108A, pp. 1026–1037; doi:10.1029/2002JA009405.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Yahnin, A.G. and Sergeev, V.A., Polar Cap Auroras Depending on the IMF Orientation and Substorms: Certain Morphological Features, Polyarn. Siyaniya Svechenie Nochnogo Neba, 1981, no. 28, pp. 27–34.

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany

    M. Förster

  2. Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere, and Radiowave Propagation (IZMIRAN), Troitsk, 142090, Russia

    Y. I. Feldstein, L. I. Gromova, L. A. Dremukhina & A. E. Levitin

  3. Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

    S. E. Haaland

Authors
  1. M. Förster
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Y. I. Feldstein
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. L. I. Gromova
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. L. A. Dremukhina
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. A. E. Levitin
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. S. E. Haaland
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to L. I. Gromova.

Additional information

Original Russian Text © M. Förster, Y.I. Feldstein, L.I. Gromova, L.A. Dremukhina, A.E. Levitin, S.E. Haaland, 2013, published in Geomagnetizm i Aeronomiya, 2013, Vol. 53, No. 1, pp. 91–101.

The article was translated by the authors.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Förster, M., Feldstein, Y.I., Gromova, L.I. et al. Some aspects of modelling the high-latitude ionospheric convection from Cluster/Edi data. Geomagn. Aeron. 53, 85–95 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S001679321301009X

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S001679321301009X

Keywords

Search

Navigation