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Probabilistic modelling of substorm occurrences with an echo state network
The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tachikawa, 190–8562, Japan
Center for Data Assimilation Research and Applications, Joint Support-Center for Data Science Research, Tachikawa, Japan
The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Hayama, Japan
Ryuho Kataoka
National Institute of Polar Research, Tachikawa, Japan
The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Hayama, Japan
Masahito Nosé
Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
now at: School of Data Science, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan
Jesper W. Gjerloev
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, USA
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Substorms are a phenomenon in the magnetosphere–ionosphere system, which are characterised by brightening of an auroral arc and enhancement of electric currents in the polar ionosphere. Since substorms are difficult to predict, this study treats a substorm occurrence as a stochastic phenomenon and represents the substorm occurrence rate with a machine learning model. We then analyse the response of substorm activity to solar wind conditions by feeding synthetic solar wind data into the model.
Substorms are a phenomenon in the magnetosphere–ionosphere system, which are characterised by...