Articles | Volume 36, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-1335-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-1335-2018
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08 Oct 2018
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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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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.