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Conjugate ground-spacecraft observations of VLF chorus elements

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    SYSNO ASEP0497713
    Document TypeA - Abstract
    R&D Document TypeThe record was not marked in the RIV
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    TitleConjugate ground-spacecraft observations of VLF chorus elements
    Author(s) Demekhov, A. G. (RU)
    Manninen, J. (FI)
    Santolík, Ondřej (UFA-U) RID, ORCID
    Titova, E. E. (RU)
    Number of authors4
    Source Title2 nd URSI AT-RASC Proceedings. - Gent : URSI, 2018
    Number of pages1 s.
    Publication formOnline - E
    ActionURSI Atlantic Radio Science Meeting (AT-RASC) /2./
    Event date28.05.2018 - 01.06.2018
    VEvent locationGran Canaria
    CountryES - Spain
    Event typeWRD
    Languageeng - English
    CountryBE - Belgium
    Keywordsmagnetosphere ; VLF hiss emissions ; chorus emissions ; Van Allen Probes spacecraft ; EMFISIS
    Subject RIVBL - Plasma and Gas Discharge Physics
    OECD categoryFluids and plasma physics (including surface physics)
    Institutional supportUFA-U - RVO:68378289
    AnnotationWe present the results of simultaneous observations [1] of VLF chorus elements at the ground-based station Kannuslehto in Northern Finland and on board Van Allen Probe A. Visual inspection and correlation analysis of the data reveal one-to-one correspondence of several (at least 12) chorus elements following each other in a seq uence. Poynting flux calculated from electromagnetic fields measured by the Electric and Magnetic Field Instrument Suite and Integrated Science (EMFISIS) instrument on board Van Allen Probe A shows that the waves propagated at small angles to the geomagnetic field and oppositely to its direction, that is, from northern to southern geographic hemisphere. The spacecraft was located at L ' 4.1 at a geomagnetic latitude of −12.4 degrees close to the plasmapause and inside a localized density inhomogeneity with about 30% density increase and a transverse size of about 600 km.
    The observed waves are part of a long-lasting (about two hours) wave event including both chorus and hiss-like
    emissions.
    The time delay between the waves detected on the ground and on the spacecraft is about 1.3 s, with ground-based detection leading spacecraft detection. The measured time delay is consistent with the wave travel time of quasiparallel whistler-mode waves for a realistic profile of the plasma density distribution along the field line. Therefore, chorus wave packets were detected first at Kannuslehto on the ground, and then in 1.3 to 1.4 s they reached the Van Allen Probe A on the opposite side of the magnetic equator.
    The results suggest that chorus discrete elements can preserve their spectral shape during a hop from the generation region to the ground followed by reflection from the ionosphere and return to the near-equatorial region.
    WorkplaceInstitute of Atmospheric Physics
    ContactKateřina Adamovičová, adamovicova@ufa.cas.cz, Tel.: 272 016 012 ; Kateřina Potužníková, kaca@ufa.cas.cz, Tel.: 272 016 019
    Year of Publishing2019
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