Energy Flow Exciting Field‐Aligned Current at Substorm Expansion Onset
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- 海老原, 祐輔
- Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University
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- Tanaka, T.
- International Center for Space Weather Science and Education, Kyushu University
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- Energy flow exciting field-aligned current at substorm expansion onset
説明
At substorm expansion onset, upward field‐aligned currents (FACs) increase abruptly, and a large amount of electromagnetic energy starts to consume in the polar ionosphere. A question arises as to where the energy comes from. Based on the results obtained by the global magnetohydrodynamics simulation, we present energy flow and energy conversion associated with the upward FACs that manifest the onset. Our simulations show that the cusp/mantle region transmits electromagnetic energy to almost the entire region of the magnetosphere when the interplanetary magnetic field is southward. Integral curve of the Poynting flux shows a spiral moving toward the ionosphere, probably suggesting the pathway of electromagnetic energy from the cusp/mantle dynamo to the ionosphere. The near‐Earth reconnection initiates three‐dimensional redistribution of the magnetosphere. Flow shear in the near‐Earth region results in the generation of the near‐Earth dynamo and the onset FACs. The onset FACs are responsible to transport the electromagnetic energy toward the Earth. In the near‐Earth region, the electromagnetic energy coming from the cusp/mantle dynamo is converted to the kinetic energy (known as bursty bulk flow) and the thermal energy (associated with high‐pressure region in the inner magnetosphere). Then, they are converted to the electromagnetic energy associated with the onset FACs. A part of electromagnetic energy is stored in the lobe region during the growth phase. The release of the stored energy, together with the continuously supplied energy from the cusp/mantle dynamo, contributes to the energy supply to the ionosphere during the expansion phase.
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- Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
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Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 122 (12), 12,288-12,309, 2017-12
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
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- CRID
- 1050564288163926784
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- NII論文ID
- 120006579426
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- ISSN
- 21699380
- 21699402
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- HANDLE
- 2433/237230
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- 本文言語コード
- en
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- journal article
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