Response of ionospheric electric fields at mid‐low latitudes during sudden commencements

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  • N. Takahashi
    Department of Geophysics Tohoku University Japan
  • Y. Kasaba
    Department of Geophysics Tohoku University Japan
  • A. Shinbori
    Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere Kyoto University Japan
  • Y. Nishimura
    University of California Los Angeles California USA
  • T. Kikuchi
    Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere Kyoto University Japan
  • Y. Ebihara
    Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere Kyoto University Japan
  • T. Nagatsuma
    National Institute of Information and Communications Technology Japan

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公開日
2015-06
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journal article
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DOI
  • 10.1002/2015ja021309
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American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Using in situ observations from the Republic of China Satellite‐1 spacecraft, we investigated the time response and local time dependence of the ionospheric electric field at mid‐low latitudes associated with geomagnetic sudden commencements (SCs) that occurred from 1999 to 2004. We found that the ionospheric electric field variation associated with SCs instantaneously responds to the preliminary impulse (PI) signature on the ground regardless of spacecraft local time. Our statistical analysis also supports the global instant transmission of electric field from the polar region. In contrast, the peak time detected in the ionospheric electric field is earlier than that of the equatorial geomagnetic field (~20 s before in the PI phase). Based on the ground‐ionosphere waveguide model, this time lag can be attributed to the latitudinal difference of ionospheric conductivity. However, the local time distribution of the initial excursion of ionospheric electric field shows that dusk‐to‐dawn ionospheric electric fields develop during the PI phase. Moreover, the westward electric field in the ionosphere, which produces the preliminary reverse impulse of the geomagnetic field on the dayside feature, appears at 18–22 h LT where the ionospheric conductivity beyond the duskside terminator (18 h LT) is lower than on the dayside. The result of a magnetohydrodynamic simulation for an ideal SC shows that the electric potential distribution is asymmetric with respect to the noon‐midnight meridian. This produces the local time distribution of ionospheric electric fields similar to the observed result, which can be explained by the divergence of the Hall current under nonuniform ionospheric conductivity.</jats:p>

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