Statistical study and corresponding evolution of plasmaspheric plumes under different levels of geomagnetic storms

Li, Haimeng; Fu, Tongxing; Tang, Rongxin; Yuan, Zhigang; Yang, Zhanrong; Ouyang, Zhihai; Deng, Xiaohua

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-40-167-2022

Articles | Volume 40, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-40-167-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-40-167-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 40, issue 2

Regular paper

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15 Mar 2022

Regular paper |

| 15 Mar 2022

Statistical study and corresponding evolution of plasmaspheric plumes under different levels of geomagnetic storms

Haimeng Li, Tongxing Fu, Rongxin Tang, Zhigang Yuan, Zhanrong Yang, Zhihai Ouyang, and Xiaohua Deng

Data sets

Coordinated Data Analysis Web NASA http://cdaweb.gsfc.nasa.gov

The Electric and Magnetic Field Instrument Suite and Integrated Science (EMFISIS) on RBSP C. A. Kletzing, W. S. Kurth, M. Acuna, et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-013-9993-6

Short summary

The plasmaspheric plume is an important region of detached plasma elements and provides an effective coupling channel of energy/mass between the inner magnetospheric plasmasphere and outer magnetosphere. In this study, using Van Allen Probe data, we present a statistical result of plasmaspheric plumes in the inner magnetosphere, which implies that the plumes tend to occur during the recovery phase of geomagnetic storms, and the occurrence rate is larger during stronger geomagnetic activity.