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dc.contributor.authorShore, R.M
dc.contributor.authorFreeman, MP
dc.contributor.authorGjerløv, Jesper
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-14T07:41:00Z
dc.date.available2020-08-14T07:41:00Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.PublishedShore R, Freeman, Gjerløv J. Interplanetary Magnetic Field Control of Polar Ionospheric Equivalent Current System Modes. Space Weather: The international journal of research and applications. 2019;17(7);976-988eng
dc.identifier.issn1542-7390en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1956/23759
dc.description.abstractWe analyze the response of different ionospheric equivalent current modes to variations in the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) components By and Bz. Each mode comprises a fixed spatial pattern whose amplitude varies in time, identified by a month‐by‐month empirical orthogonal function separation of surface measured magnetic field variance. Here we focus on four sets of modes that have been previously identified as DPY, DP2, NBZ, and DP1. We derive the cross‐correlation function of each mode set with either IMF By or Bz for lags ranging from −10 to +600 mins with respect to the IMF state at the bow shock nose. For all four sets of modes, the average correlation can be reproduced by a sum of up to three linear responses to the IMF component, each centered on a different lag. These are interpreted as the statistical ionospheric responses to magnetopause merging (15‐ to 20‐min lag) and magnetotail reconnection (60‐min lag) and to IMF persistence. Of the mode sets, NBZ and DPY are the most predictable from a given IMF component, with DP1 (the substorm component) the least predictable. The proportion of mode variability explained by the IMF increases for the longer lags, thought to indicate conductivity feedbacks from substorms. In summary, we confirm the postulated physical basis of these modes and quantify their multiple reconfiguration timescales.en_US
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherAGUen_US
dc.rightsAttribution CC BYeng
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0eng
dc.titleInterplanetary Magnetic Field Control of Polar Ionospheric Equivalent Current System Modesen_US
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.typeJournal article
dc.date.updated2019-11-22T10:01:50Z
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2019 The Author(s)en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1029/2019sw002161
dc.identifier.cristin1718713
dc.source.journalSpace Weather: The international journal of research and applications


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