TY  - GEN
A1  - Xiong, Chao
A1  - Stolle, Claudia
A1  - Lühr, Hermann
A1  - Park, Jaeheung
A1  - Fejer, Bela G.
A1  - Kervalishvili, Guram N.
T1  - Scale analysis of equatorial plasma irregularities derived from Swarm constellation
T2  - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe
N2  - In this study, we investigated the scale sizes of equatorial plasma irregularities (EPIs) using measurements from the Swarm satellites during its early mission and final constellation phases. We found that with longitudinal separation between Swarm satellites larger than 0.4°, no significant correlation was found any more. This result suggests that EPI structures include plasma density scale sizes less than 44 km in the zonal direction. During the Swarm earlier mission phase, clearly better EPI correlations are obtained in the northern hemisphere, implying more fragmented irregularities in the southern hemisphere where the ambient magnetic field is low. The previously reported inverted-C shell structure of EPIs is generally confirmed by the Swarm observations in the northern hemisphere, but with various tilt angles. From the Swarm spacecrafts with zonal separations of about 150 km, we conclude that larger zonal scale sizes of irregularities exist during the early evening hours (around 1900 LT).
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 1112 
KW  - Equatorial plasma irregularities
KW  - ionospheric scale lengths
KW  - Swarm constellation
Y1  - 2021
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-431842
SN  - 1866-8372
IS  - 1112
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Park, Jaeheung
A1  - Lühr, Hermann
A1  - Stolle, Claudia
A1  - Rodriguez-Zuluaga, Juan
A1  - Knudsen, David J.
A1  - Burchill, Johnathan K.
A1  - Kwak, Young-Sil
T1  - Statistical survey of nighttime midlatitude magnetic fluctuations: Their source location and Poynting flux as derived from the Swarm constellation
JF  - Journal of geophysical research : Space physics
N2  - This is the first statistical survey of field fluctuations related with medium-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances (MSTIDs), which considers magnetic field, electric field, and plasma density variations at the same time. Midlatitude electric fluctuations (MEFs) and midlatitude magnetic fluctuations (MMFs) observed in the nighttime topside ionosphere have generally been attributed to MSTIDs. Although the topic has been studied for several decades, statistical studies of the Poynting flux related with MEF/MMF/MSTID have not yet been conducted. In this study we make use of electric/magnetic field and plasma density observations by the European Space Agency's Swarm constellation to address the statistical behavior of the Poynting flux. We have found that (1) the Poynting flux is directed mainly from the summer to winter hemisphere, (2) its magnitude is larger before midnight than thereafter, and (3) the magnitude is not well correlated with fluctuation level of in situ plasma density. These results are discussed in the context of previous studies.
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JA023408
SN  - 2169-9380
SN  - 2169-9402
VL  - 121
SP  - 11235
EP  - 11248
PB  - American Geophysical Union
CY  - Washington
ER  -