Polar cap potential saturation during the Bastille Day storm event using global MHD simulation

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  • Y. Kubota
    National Institute of Information and Communications Technology Koganei Japan
  • T. Nagatsuma
    National Institute of Information and Communications Technology Koganei Japan
  • M. Den
    National Institute of Information and Communications Technology Koganei Japan
  • T. Tanaka
    International Center for Space Weather Science and Education Kyushu University Fukuoka Japan
  • S. Fujita
    Meteorological College Kashiwa Japan

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公開日
2017-04
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journal article
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  • http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor
DOI
  • 10.1002/2016ja023851
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American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>We investigated the temporal variations and saturation of the cross polar cap potential (CPCP) in the Bastille Day storm event (15 July 2000) by global magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) simulation. The CPCP is considered to depend on the electric field and dynamic pressure of the solar wind as well as on the ionospheric conductivity. Previous studies considered only the ionospheric conductivity due to solar extreme ultraviolet (EUV) variations. In this paper, we dealt with the changes in the CPCP attributable to auroral conductivity variations caused by pressure enhancement in the inner magnetosphere owing to energy injection from the magnetosphere because the energy injection is considerably enhanced in a severe magnetic storm event. Our simulation reveals that the auroral conductivity enhancement is significant for the CPCP variation in a severe magnetic storm event. The numerical results concerning the Bastille Day event show that the ionospheric conductivity averaged over the auroral oval is enhanced up to 18 mho in the case of <jats:italic>B</jats:italic><jats:sub><jats:italic>z</jats:italic></jats:sub> of less than −59 nT. On the other hand, the average conductivity without the auroral effect is almost 6 mho throughout the entire period. Resultantly, the saturated CPCP is about 240 kV in the former and 704 kV in the latter when <jats:italic>B</jats:italic><jats:sub><jats:italic>z</jats:italic></jats:sub> is −59 nT. This result indicates that the CPCP variations could be correctly reproduced when the time variation of auroral conductivity caused by pressure enhancement due to the energy injection from the magnetosphere is correctly considered in a severe magnetic storm event.</jats:p>

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