Statistical study of ULF waves in the magnetotail by THEMIS observations

Zhang, Shuai; Tian, Anmin; Shi, Quanqi; Li, Hanlin; Degeling, Alexander W.; Rae, I. Jonathan; Forsyth, Colin; Wang, Mengmeng; Shen, Xiaochen; Sun, Weijie; Bai, Shichen; Guo, Ruilong; Wang, Huizi; Fazakerley, Andrew; Fu, Suiyan; Pu, Zuyin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-1335-2018

Articles | Volume 36, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-1335-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-1335-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 36, issue 5

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08 Oct 2018

Regular paper |

| 08 Oct 2018

Statistical study of ULF waves in the magnetotail by THEMIS observations

Shuai Zhang, Anmin Tian, Quanqi Shi, Hanlin Li, Alexander W. Degeling, I. Jonathan Rae, Colin Forsyth, Mengmeng Wang, Xiaochen Shen, Weijie Sun, Shichen Bai, Ruilong Guo, Huizi Wang, Andrew Fazakerley, Suiyan Fu, and Zuyin Pu

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RC1: 'Interactive comment on "Statistical study of ULF waves in the magnetotail by THEMIS observations" by Zhang et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 08 Jun 2018
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ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (25 Jul 2018) by Minna Palmroth

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AR by Anmin Tian on behalf of the Authors (18 Sep 2018) Manuscript

Short summary

The features of ULF waves are statistically studied on the magnetotail stretched magnetic field lines (8 RE < R < 32 RE) by using 8 years of THEMIS data. The occurrence rates of ULF waves are higher in the post-midnight region than pre-midnight region. The frequency decreases with increasing radial distance of 8–16 RE and could be explained by much more standing waves in this region than in the region of 16–32 RE. The wave frequency is higher after the substorm onset than before it.