Mesoscale structure in the solar wind

NM Viall, CE DeForest, L Kepko - Frontiers in Astronomy and Space …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Structures in the solar wind result from two basic mechanisms: structures injected or
imposed directly by the Sun, and structures formed through processing en route as the solar …

The Van Allen Probes electric field and waves instrument: Science results, measurements, and access to data

AW Breneman, JR Wygant, S Tian, CA Cattell… - Space science …, 2022‏ - Springer
Abstract The Van Allen Probes Electric Fields and Waves (EFW) instrument provided
measurements of electric fields and spacecraft floating potentials over a wide dynamic range …

Global survey of electron precipitation due to hiss waves in the Earth's plasmasphere and plumes

Q Ma, W Li, XJ Zhang, J Bortnik… - Journal of …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
We present a global survey of energetic electron precipitation from the equatorial
magnetosphere due to hiss waves in the plasmasphere and plumes. Using Van Allen …

[HTML][HTML] Seven sisters: A mission to study fundamental plasma physical processes in the solar wind and a pathfinder to advance space weather prediction

K Nykyri, X Ma, B Burkholder, YL Liou… - Frontiers in Astronomy …, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
This paper summarizes the Seven Sisters solar wind mission concept and the outstanding
science questions motivating the mission science objectives. The Seven Sisters mission …

Analysis of electron precipitation and ionospheric density enhancements due to hiss using incoherent scatter radar and Arase observations

Q Ma, W Xu, ER Sanchez, RA Marshall… - Journal of …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Plasmaspheric hiss can cause energetic electron precipitation from the magnetosphere to
the Earth's upper atmosphere and affect the ionospheric electron density profiles. In this …

Prompt response of the dayside magnetosphere to discrete structures within the sheath region of a coronal mass ejection

LW Blum, A Koval, IG Richardson… - Geophysical …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
A sequence of discrete solar wind structures within the sheath region of an interplanetary
coronal mass ejection on November 6, 2015, caused a series of compressions and releases …

Relativistic electron precipitation events driven by solar wind impact on the Earth's magnetosphere

A Roosnovo, AV Artemyev, XJ Zhang… - Journal of …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Certain forms of solar wind transients contain significant enhancements of dynamic pressure
and may effectively drive magnetosphere dynamics, including substorms and storms. An …

Immediate impact of solar wind dynamic pressure pulses on whistler‐mode chorus waves in the inner magnetosphere

Y **, N Liu, Z Su, H Zheng, Y Wang… - Geophysical Research …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Solar wind‐magnetosphere coupling is a key link of the space weather chain. There have
been increasing reports of solar wind dynamic pressure pulses influencing the whistler …

Multi‐point observations of modulated whistler‐mode waves and energetic electron precipitation

M Qin, W Li, Q Ma, L Woodger, R Millan… - Journal of …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
In this study, we present simultaneous multi‐point observations of whistler‐mode waves
detected by RBSP‐B, associated with conjugate electron precipitation observed through …

Large-scale magnetic field oscillations and their effects on modulating energetic electron precipitation

M Qin, W Li, Q Ma, XC Shen, L Woodger… - Frontiers in Astronomy …, 2024‏ - frontiersin.org
In this study, we present simultaneous multi-point observations of magnetospheric
oscillations on a time scale of tens of minutes (forced-breathing mode) and modulated …