FG: ULF Wave Modeling, Effects, and Applications

Focus Group Leaders:

• Michael Hartinger, Virginia Tech (mdhartin@vt.edu)
• Kazue Takahashi, Applied Physics Laboratory
• Brian Kress, University of Colorado and NOAA-NCEI

Focus Group term: 2016-2020

Science Questions

Our group aims to address the following broad science questions: What mechanisms excite ULF waves? How do ULF waves couple to the plasmasphere/ring current/radiation belt populations? What is the role of ULF waves in Magnetosphere-Ionosphere coupling?

Focus Group Proposal

ULF Wave Modeling, Effects, and Applications (UMEA) (December 2015)

ULF wave modeling challenge

ULF wave modeling challenge at CCMC

At the 2017 GEM meeting several challenge events were proposed for the next part of the ULF wave modeling challenge.

ULF wave HGSO event coordination

Our group is helping coordinate analysis of conjunction events for ULF wave studies, including requesting instrument operation modes favorable for ULF wave analysis.

The 2 May 2017 0400-0800 UT conjunction event includes several satellites (THEMIS, Cluster, Van Allen Probes, GOES, Geotail, FIREBIRD, METOP, POES, DMSP) in the pre-midnight sector during a conjunction with the Poker Flat Incoherent Scatter Radar and several SuperDARN radars. PFISR was operating throughout the conjunction, several SuperDARN radars were in high resolution sampling modes, and several satellites were operating in fast survey/burst mode. The conjunction is favorable for modeling and observation studies of magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling via ULF waves, wave-particle interactions, global ULF wave properties, and many other topics. This pdf summarizes preliminary results

Several web-based tools are available for identifying future conjunctions, including upcoming conjunctions between ARASE and Van Allen Probes/ground and conjunctions between SWARM/all-sky cameras.

There are also many specialized, web-based tools for ULF wave analysis (please contact FG co-chairs to add to this list):

• SuperMAG ground-based magnetometer global ULF wave plots

• CARISMA ground-based magnetometer Pc1 power spectra and Pc5 power spectra

• Augsburg College/UNH Arctic and Antarctic search coil magnetometer survey plots

• Augsburg College (hosted by ViRBO) ULF wave index

• SuperDARN wave analysis and identification of high time-resolution SuperDARN beams

• THEMIS satellite fluxgate magnetometer wave survey plots

• National Institute of Polar Research inter-hemispheric comparisons of Syowa/Iceland induction magnetometer spectra

• Inter-hemispheric comparisons during satellite conjunctions with Arctic(DTU Space)/Antarctic(Virginia Tech) magnetometers

Summary Reports for GEM workshops

2016 UMEA FG report

2017 UMEA FG report

2016 Mini-GEM schedule

UMEA will hold one session at the mini-GEM workshop: ULF wave modeling, effects and applications updates

Time: 12:00-13:30, Sunday, December 11, 2016

Location: Oregon Room, Holiday Inn Golden Gateway

Schedule:

First Half (12:00 – 12:45): 3 talks (~15 min each):

• 1. Mike Hartinger -- Overview of UMEA current activities, discussion of future plans

• 2. Lutz Rastaetter -- ULF wave modeling challenge at CCMC

• 3. Robert Rankin -- Modeling the global properties and ground-based signatures of ULF waves and wave-particle interactions

Second Half (12:45 – 13:30): (5 minutes each, 1-2 slides, order of talks may change):

• 1. Xueling Shi -- SuperDARN THEMIS Mode Data Tracker & ULF Wave Detection

• 2. Richard Denton -- Mass density inferred from Alfven wave frequencies measured by RBSP

• 3. Lars Daldorff -- ULF waves, particle transport and energization in global MHD simulations with plasmasphere

• 4. Alexander Drozdov -- Dependence of radiation belt simulations to assumed radial diffusion rates tested for two empirical models of radial transport

• 5. Bob Lysak -- Quarter Wavelength Modes

• 6. Walk-ins

2017 GEM meeting schedule

UMEA will hold four sessions session at the 2017 GEM meeting

UMEA Update and plans, general discussion of ULF wave modeling and observations: 10:30-12:15, Monday, June 19, Port VI-VIII

• 1. Michael Hartinger -- UMEA update

• 2. Toshi Nishimura -- PFISR measurements during the 2 May 2017 HGSO event

• 3. Xueling Shi -- A Survey of Ionospheric ULF Wave Signatures in SuperDARN Data: Occurrence Statistics and Driving Mechanisms

• 4. Tetsuo Motoba -- Dayside Auroral Pulsations

• 5. Brian Kress and Rob Redmon -- Newly Available GOES 8-16 Particle and Magnetic Field Measurements

• 6. Dick Wolf -- Theory of magnetospheric buoyancy waves

ULF wave interactions with the radiation belt and ring current populations: 1:30-3:00, Monday, June 19, Port VI-VIII

• 1. Rualdo Soto-Chavez -- Generation of Pc5-ULF wave by the drift-mirror instability

• 2. Zhiyang Xia -- Eigenmode analysis of compressional poloidal modes in a self-consistent magnetic field

• 3. Mark Engebretson -- Statistical study of the upper frequency cutoff of helium band EMIC waves observed by the Van Allen Probes

• 4. Alexander Drozdov -- Radial diffusion and EMIC waves in the long-term simulation and in the case study

• 5. Seth Claudepierre -- Global MHD simulations driven by idealized Alfvenic fluctuations in the solar wind

• 6. Michael Hartinger -- Radiation belt response to large scale, monochromatic ULF waves: LANL-GEO observations

ULF wave modeling, including CCMC modeling challenge, Joint with MMV: 3:30-5:00, Monday, June 19, Port VI-VIII

• 1. Lutz Rastaetter -- CCMC ULF wave modeling challenge update and challenge events

• 2. Scot Elkington -- ULF wave activity and diffusion coefficients during QARBM challenge events, Ashar F. Ali’s write-up on Event-Specific Radial Diffusion Coefficients Derived Using RBSP EMFISIS and EFW Data

• 3. Katariina Nykyri -- KHI challenge events

• 4. All -- Open Discussion of Challenge Events

• 5. Doga Ozturk -- Effects of Increased Solar Wind Dynamic Pressure on the Coupled M-I system under different IMF By

• 6. Kazue Takahashi -- Cavity mode Van Allen Probe observations

• 7. Bob Lysak -- Cavity mode models

• 8. Tom Elsden -- The Theoretical Foundation of 3D Alfven Resonances: Time Dependent Solutions

Magnetosphere-Ionosphere coupling processes associated with localized disturbances caused by dayside kinetic phenomena: Joint with “Dayside Kinetic Processes…” and “Testing proposed links…”: 3:30-5:00, Tuesday, June 20, Port VI-VIII

• 1. Peter Chi -- Magnetospheric and ionospheric responses to a localized disturbance: The macroscopic view

• 2. Hui Zhang -- Magnetospheric ULF waves generated by foreshock transients

• 3. Hui Zhang -- Modeling challenges in simulating HFA geoeffects

• 4. Boyi Wang -- Optical signatures of dayside ULF waves during magnetosheath high-speed jets

• 5. Katariina Nykyri -- The effect of magnetosheath seed spectrum on KH evolution and associated mass transport

• 6. Kyle Murphy -- A statistical study of discrete ULF wave power observed by GOES

2017 Mini-GEM schedule

UMEA will hold two sessions at the 2017 mini-GEM workshop

Time: 12:00-13:30, Sunday, December 10, 2017, Canal/50

ULF wave modeling challenges Discussion of final plans for the CCMC ULF wave modeling challenge with idealized drivers, as well as open discussion of new challenges involving data-model and model-model comparisons during specific events. Please come with 1-2 slides showing examples of such comparisons, ideas for improving ULF wave models, and/or ideas for specific modeling challenges/sessions relevant to the FG science questions.

• 1. 12:00-12:30 Overview of CCMC ULF wave modeling challenge with idealized driving conditions, description of challenge events and targets proposed during 2017 GEM meeting and November modeling telecon (Michael Hartinger, Lutz Rastaetter)
• 2. 12:30-13:30 Open discussion of challenge events and targets (Allison Jaynes, Robert Rankin), select challenge event to be analyzed at 2018 GEM

Time: 13:50-15:20, Sunday, December 10, 2017, Canal/50

Heliophysics/Geospace system observatory coordination for ULF wave studies Discussion of HGSO coordination for ULF wave studies. This includes updates on the 2 May 2017 conjunction event followed by an open discussion of conjunctions and datasets that are particularly useful for ULF wave studies, including upcoming RBSP-ERG-ground conjunctions. Please come with 1-2 slides showing examples of datasets and past/upcoming conjunctions ideal for addressing the FG science questions: What excites ULF waves? How do ULF waves couple to the plasmasphere/ring current/radiation belt populations? What is the role of ULF waves in MI coupling? We welcome discussion from both modelers and observers of the types of conjunctions and observations that are most needed to address these questions.

• 1. 13:50-14:20 Recently available datasets and conjunctions for ULF wave studies (Chih-Ping Wang, Xueling Shi, Sana Qamar)
• 2. 14:20-14:35 Updates on 2 May 2017 conjunction event (Toshi Nishimura, Michael Hartinger)
• 3. 14:35-15:20 Upcoming ARASE-RBSP conjunctions (Yoshi Miyoshi), Open Discussion of HGSO coordination for ULF wave studies (Toshi Nishimura, Kazue Takahashi)