Next generation magnetic field measurements from low-earth orbit satellites enable enhanced space weather operations
Large-scale current systems in the ionosphere and the magnetosphere are intimately controlled by the solar wind-magnetosphere interaction and the magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling. During space weather events, these currents reconfigure and intensify significantly in response to enhanced solar wind-...
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author | Guan Le Delores J. Knipp Lutz Rastätter Gang Lu Dogacan Su Ozturk James A. Slavin Astrid Maute Jeffrey Klenzing Shasha Zou Jared R. Espley Michael Purucker Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti Gang Kai Poh Gang Kai Poh Zihan Wang |
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description | Large-scale current systems in the ionosphere and the magnetosphere are intimately controlled by the solar wind-magnetosphere interaction and the magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling. During space weather events, these currents reconfigure and intensify significantly in response to enhanced solar wind-magnetosphere interaction, facilitating explosive energy input from the magnetosphere into the ionosphere-thermosphere system and inducing electric current surges in electric power systems on the ground. Therefore, measurements of magnetic manifestations associated with the dynamic changes of the current systems are crucial for specifying the energy input into the ionosphere-thermosphere system, understanding energy dissipation mechanisms, and predicting the severity of their space weather impacts. We investigate the potential uses of high-quality magnetic field data for space weather operations and propose real-time data products from next generation constellation missions that enable improved space weather forecasting and mitigation. |
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spelling | doaj.art-ee2fdafc490348ce944dff537a31e9302022-12-22T04:39:10ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences2296-987X2022-11-01910.3389/fspas.2022.10768921076892Next generation magnetic field measurements from low-earth orbit satellites enable enhanced space weather operationsGuan Le0Delores J. Knipp1Lutz Rastätter2Gang Lu3Dogacan Su Ozturk4James A. Slavin5Astrid Maute6Jeffrey Klenzing7Shasha Zou8Jared R. Espley9Michael Purucker10Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti11Gang Kai Poh12Gang Kai Poh13Zihan Wang14NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United StatesSmead Aerospace Engineering Sciences Department, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United StatesNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United StatesNCAR/UCAR, Boulder, CO, United StatesGeophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, United StatesDepartment of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesNCAR/UCAR, Boulder, CO, United StatesNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United StatesDepartment of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United StatesNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United StatesDepartment of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United StatesCenter for Research and Exploration in Space Science & Technology II (CRESST II), Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, United StatesDepartment of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesLarge-scale current systems in the ionosphere and the magnetosphere are intimately controlled by the solar wind-magnetosphere interaction and the magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling. During space weather events, these currents reconfigure and intensify significantly in response to enhanced solar wind-magnetosphere interaction, facilitating explosive energy input from the magnetosphere into the ionosphere-thermosphere system and inducing electric current surges in electric power systems on the ground. Therefore, measurements of magnetic manifestations associated with the dynamic changes of the current systems are crucial for specifying the energy input into the ionosphere-thermosphere system, understanding energy dissipation mechanisms, and predicting the severity of their space weather impacts. We investigate the potential uses of high-quality magnetic field data for space weather operations and propose real-time data products from next generation constellation missions that enable improved space weather forecasting and mitigation.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspas.2022.1076892/fullmagnetic field measurementsionospheric currentsmagnetospheric currentsfield-aligned currentsring currentmagnetic storm |
spellingShingle | Guan Le Delores J. Knipp Lutz Rastätter Gang Lu Dogacan Su Ozturk James A. Slavin Astrid Maute Jeffrey Klenzing Shasha Zou Jared R. Espley Michael Purucker Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti Gang Kai Poh Gang Kai Poh Zihan Wang Next generation magnetic field measurements from low-earth orbit satellites enable enhanced space weather operations Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences magnetic field measurements ionospheric currents magnetospheric currents field-aligned currents ring current magnetic storm |
title | Next generation magnetic field measurements from low-earth orbit satellites enable enhanced space weather operations |
title_full | Next generation magnetic field measurements from low-earth orbit satellites enable enhanced space weather operations |
title_fullStr | Next generation magnetic field measurements from low-earth orbit satellites enable enhanced space weather operations |
title_full_unstemmed | Next generation magnetic field measurements from low-earth orbit satellites enable enhanced space weather operations |
title_short | Next generation magnetic field measurements from low-earth orbit satellites enable enhanced space weather operations |
title_sort | next generation magnetic field measurements from low earth orbit satellites enable enhanced space weather operations |
topic | magnetic field measurements ionospheric currents magnetospheric currents field-aligned currents ring current magnetic storm |
url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspas.2022.1076892/full |
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