Spatial Variation in the Responses of the Surface External and Induced Magnetic Field to the Solar Wind

Shore, R. M., Freeman, M. P., Coxon, John, Thomas, E. G., Gjerloev, J. W. and Olsen, N. (2019) Spatial Variation in the Responses of the Surface External and Induced Magnetic Field to the Solar Wind. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 124 (7). pp. 6195-6211. ISSN 2169-9380

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JA026543

Abstract

We analyze the spatial variation in the response of the surface geomagnetic field (or the equivalent ionospheric current) to variations in the solar wind. Specifically, we regress a reanalysis of surface external and induced magnetic field (SEIMF) variations onto measurements of the solar wind. The regression is performed in monthly sets, independently for 559 regularly spaced locations covering the entire northern polar region above 50° magnetic latitude. At each location, we find the lag applied to the solar wind data that maximizes the correlation with the SEIMF. The resulting spatial maps of these independent lags and regression coefficients provide a model of the localized SEIMF response to variations in the solar wind, which we call “Spatial Information from Distributed Exogenous Regression.” We find that the lag and regression coefficients vary systematically with ionospheric region, season, and solar wind driver. In the polar cap region the SEIMF is best described by the By component of the interplanetary magnetic field (50–75% of total variance explained) at a lag ∼20–25 min. Conversely, in the auroral zone the SEIMF is best described by the solar wind ϵ function (60–80% of total variance explained), with a lag that varies with season and magnetic local time (MLT), from ∼15–20 min for dayside and afternoon MLT (except in Oct–Dec) to typically 30–40 min for nightside and morning MLT and even longer (60–65 min) around midnight MLT.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Funding Information: This work was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council under Grant NE/J020796/1 and uses datasets funded by Grant NE/J020796/1.
Uncontrolled Keywords: geomagnetic response, localized ionospheric reconfiguration timescale, seasonal and solar cycle variation, solar wind driving
Subjects: F500 Astronomy
F800 Physical and Terrestrial Geographical and Environmental Sciences
Department: Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering
Depositing User: Rachel Branson
Date Deposited: 24 Feb 2022 10:06
Last Modified: 24 Feb 2022 10:15
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/48532

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