Schmucker-Weidelt Lecture Notes, Aarhus, 1975 - MTNet

Schmucker-Weidelt Lecture Notes, Aarhus, 1975 - MTNet Schmucker-Weidelt Lecture Notes, Aarhus, 1975 - MTNet

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with 4 as geographic latitude. From the %Q : FISQ ratio of continental stations a depth of penetration between 300 and 500 km is inferred. The penetration depth of SQ in the -ocean basins is still uncertah. Bays and - Polar Substorms: During the night hours "bay-shaped" de- flections of the Earth's magnetic fi.eld from the normal level ave observed from time to time, lasting about one hour. Their amplitude increases steadily from south to north, reachi-ng its highest value in the auroral zone. Similar variafions, but much more intense and rapid, occur during the main phase of magnetic storms, until about one day after stormbegin. The source of these so-call-ed "polar substorms" is a shifting and oscillating current lineament i.n the ionosphere of the aurora zone. The current wil].be partly cl-osed th~ough field alligned currents in the magnetosphere, partly by wide-spread ionospheric return currents in mid latitudes: S,'L

polar substorlns is j.n mid-latitudes (e.g. Denmarlc, Germany) much smaller than the ampliiudes of H and D - because the vertical field of induction currents nearly cancels the vertical field of the polar jet. Under "normal condirtions" the Z:I-l ratio is about 1: '10. Assu~ning for the mid--latitude substorm field an effective wave number of 10- 20 000 km, yielding kx 3-6*10-~ as wavenumber, depth of penetration i.s 'bay A I = 150 to 300 km. bay kx There are indications tllat the penetration deptll of bays into -the oceanic substructure is substantialiy smaller. The ocean itself produces an attenuation of the H-ar~pl.itude of about 75% at the ocean bottcm, deep basins filled with unconsolidated sediments can yield a comparable attenua-tion &-6. North German basin). Pulsations and VLF-emissions: Rapid oscilla-tions of the Earth's fie1 - - with periods between 5 minu-tes and 1 second are called pu1.sati.011~. Their ampli-tude increases 1.iIce the ainpli-tude of substorms strongly when approaching the auroral zone. Their typical midlati.tude ampli-tude is 1 gamma. The source field structure of bays and pul.- sstions is similar, the depth of pene-tra-t:ion of pulsations being largely dependent on the near-surfack conductivity. Lt may rmge from many kilometers in exposed shield areas to a few hundred meters and less in sedimentary basins. The "normal" Z:H ra-tio o:E pulsations is too small to be determS.~-rccl with any reliabili-ty outside of the auroral zone. However, "an~!naI.oi Z-pulsations. are frequent and usually of very local. charak-ter. IF pulsations occur in the form of las-tine harmonic oscilla-:ions , oftel with a beat-frequency, they are called "pulsation tr>ains1' pt, sin~J.( pul-satj.on events are ' called "pi" , pul.satj.ons which rt~arlc the be- ginning of a bay.dis-turbance are called "pc". All three types !la\'c a clear local time dependence, occuring almost daily: 'F\ 1-1 m- -7,. -

with 4 as geographic latitude. From the %Q : FISQ ratio of continental<br />

stations a depth of penetration between 300 and 500 km is inferred.<br />

The penetration depth of SQ in the -ocean basins is still uncertah.<br />

Bays and - Polar Substorms: During the night hours "bay-shaped" de-<br />

flections of the Earth's magnetic fi.eld from the normal level ave<br />

observed from time to time, lasting about one hour. Their amplitude<br />

increases steadily from south to north, reachi-ng its highest value<br />

in the auroral zone. Similar variafions, but much more intense and<br />

rapid, occur during the main phase of magnetic storms, until about<br />

one day after stormbegin.<br />

The source of these so-call-ed "polar substorms" is a shifting and<br />

oscillating current lineament i.n the ionosphere of the aurora zone.<br />

The current wil].be partly cl-osed th~ough field alligned currents<br />

in the magnetosphere, partly by wide-spread ionospheric return<br />

currents in mid latitudes:<br />

S,'L

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