Large-scale coordinated observations of Pc5 pulsation
events

Mtumela, Zolile; Walker, Anthony D. M.; Stephenson, Judy A. E.; Kosch, Michael J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-34-857-2016

Articles | Volume 34, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-34-857-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-34-857-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 34, issue 9

Regular paper

|

29 Sep 2016

Regular paper |

| 29 Sep 2016

Large-scale coordinated observations of Pc5 pulsation events

Zolile Mtumela, Anthony D. M. Walker, Judy A. E. Stephenson, and Michael J. Kosch

Data sets

SuperDARN data Virginia Tech http://vt.superdarn.org/

Magnetic Ground Stations DTU Space (Technical University of Denmark, National Space Institute) http://www.space.dtu.dk/English/Research/Scientific_data_and_models/Magnetic_Ground_Stations

CARISMA data University of Alberta http://www.carisma.ca

IMAGE data FMI (Finnish Meteorological Institute) http://space.fmi.fi/image/reqform/dataform.html

Final Dst index World Data Center for Geomagnetism http://wdc.kugi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dst_final/index.html

Short summary

Pc5 pulsations are global magnetohydrodynamic events in the magnetosphere. This article details the analysis of Pc5 pulsation events observed by SuperDARN high-frequency radars within their field of view together with magnetometers. We believe that despite much theoretical knowledge, very few pulsation events observed by multiple radars have been reported in the literature to determine in detail the physical characteristics of Pc5 pulsation events by direct observation.