plasma density structures in the inner magnetosphere derived from rpi measurements b. reinisch 1, x....
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Plasma Density Structures in the Inner Magnetosphere Derived From RPI
Measurements
B. Reinisch1, X. Huang1, P. Song1, J. Green2, S. Fung2
V. Vasyliunas3, and D. Gallagher4
1University of Massachusetts Lowell 2NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
3Max-Planck Institut für Aeronomie, Lindau4NASA Marshal Space Flight Center
IMAGE Science Meeting
4 May 2003Lowell, Massachusetts
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Areas of Research
• Plasmaspheric density model.• 2-D plasmaspheric snapshots• Storm-time depletion and refilling• Polar region model• 2-D polar region snapshots• Magnetospheric field line distortion• Wave propagation theory and method
development
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Empirical Magnetospheric Density Distribution
Average2000-2001
L = 7
6
5
June 20010800 LT
March 20011200 LT
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PROPAGATION ALONG THE FIELD LINE
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Profile Inverted from the scaled Traces
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One pass of IMAGE on June 8, 2001
-1.5
-1.0
-0.5
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
L=2.22
L=3.23
20:58:56UT
20:36:57UT
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Profile Fitting Function
-βe e0
inv
π αλN = N cos
2 λ
Ne0 equatorial density
flatness (~1)
steepness
inv invariant latitude
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Modeled two dimensional density distribution for MLT=8.0 on June 8, 2001
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During Storm LS = 2.84
Measured profile
Quiet-time model
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Refilling ratio (Ne0/Ne0,quiet) as function of t and L
Storm
FullFull
Full
Depleted
?
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Figure 2 (a) is a scaled X-mode frequency–virtual range trace and (b) is the derived Ne-true range profile from the trace using the inversion technique
described above.
X-Trace
(a)
(b)
0 200 400 600 800 10001.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.50 50 100 150 200 250
2000-07-18(23:37 UT)
Geo
cent
ric
Dis
tanc
e, R
(RE)
Electron Density, Ne (cm -3)
Plasma Frequency, fpe
(kHz)
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1 2 3 4 5 610-1
100
101
102
103
104
(A)
Ne R
= -4.70
Ele
ctro
n D
ensi
ty, N
e (cm
-3)
Geocentric Distance, R (RE)
Figure 4 (A) bin-averaged Ne vs. R. The error bars correspond to the Ne standard deviation of densities from each corresponding average, (B) bin-averaged Ne/R vs. Kp, .
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9e6
e7
e8
e9
e10
e11
(B)
Ne/R eKp
= 0.232
Ne /R
Kp index
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Figure 6. Comparison of polar region Ne models [Persoon et al, 1983; Gallagher et al., 2000], DE 1 in-situ particle measurements and the RPI-derived model for Kp = 0, 3,and 5 (along a magnetic latitude of 88).
RPI
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The Arc Length DES for a Dipole Field
2 2ESs s s s
s
D 3= sinλ 1+ 3sin λ + ln 3sinλ + 1+ 3sin λ
L 3
(Ls,
s)
DDESES
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 400.0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1.0
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
DE
S / L s
s (o)
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2 April 2002 0.25 MLT --- LS=3.36, S= -17.1ºR = DR = DESES = 2.0 = 2.0
RR
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9 March 2002 1.71 MLT --- LS=4.12, S= 3.87ºR = DR = DES ES = 0.5= 0.5
RR
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A Stretched Field Line02 Mar 2001 1.85 MLT --- LS=2.48, S=-23.5º
R = 2.5, DR = 2.5, DES ES = 2.1 = 2.1 = 0.4 Re = 0.4 Re
RR
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A Compressed Field Line23 Mar 2001 13.35 MLT --- LS=3.70, S=37.4º
R = 4.5, DR = 4.5, DES ES = 5.2 = 5.2 = 0.7 Re = 0.7 Re
RR
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Summary• Instantaneous measurement of plasma distribution along geomagnetic field
line (a validated method)
• Database for empirical plasmapheric models and algorithm exists (require more detailed analyses, L-shell, LT, Dst, SW, IMF dependences)
• Time series of plasmaspheric filling factor can be used to study storm-time depletion-refilling processes (tested in one case)
• 2-D plasmaspheric density snapshots are available (tested two cases, one with convection tail)
• Polar empirical model for Kp and R developed (Lat. LT, SW, IMF dependences)
• 2-D polar snapshots show structures (require more event studies, possibly with other instruments)
• Discrepancy between the observed and model predicted equatorial field line lengths are found (require systematic studies)
• Wave propagation theory (require further development)
• Density inversion for Z mode traces (not started yet)
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