Seasonal features of geomagnetic activity: a study on the solar activity dependence

Autor(es)

Marques de Souza Franco, Adriane ^[1] ; Hajra, Rajkumar ^[2] ; Echer, Ezequiel ^[1] ; Bolzan, Mauricio Jose Alves ^[3]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Inst Nacl Pesquisas Espaciais INPE, Sao Jose Dos Campos - Brazil

^[2] Indian Inst Technol Indore, Indore 453552 - India

^[3] Fed Univ Jatai, Space Phys & Astron Lab, Jatai - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Annales Geophysicae; v. 39, n. 5, p. 929-943, OCT 18 2021.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

Seasonal features of geomagnetic activity and their solar-wind-interplanetary drivers are studied using more than five solar cycles of geomagnetic activity and solar wind observations. This study involves a total of 1296 geomagnetic storms of varying intensity identified using the Dst index from January 1963 to December 2019, a total of 75 863 substorms identified from the SuperMAG AL/SML index from January 1976 to December 2019 and a total of 145 high-intensity long-duration continuous auroral electrojet (AE) activity (HILDCAA) events identified using the AE index from January 1975 to December 2017. The occurrence rates of the substorms and geomagnetic storms, including moderate (-50nT >= Dst >-100nT) and intense (-100nT >= Dst >-250nT) storms, exhibit a significant semi-annual variation (periodicity similar to 6 months), while the super storms (Dst <= -250 nT) and HILDCAAs do not exhibit any clear seasonal feature. The geomagnetic activity indices Dst and ap exhibit a semi-annual variation, while AE exhibits an annual variation (periodicity similar to 1 year). The annual and semi-annual variations are attributed to the annual variation of the solar wind speed Vsw and the semi-annual variation of the coupling function VBs (where V = V-sw, and B-s is the southward component of the interplanetary magnetic field), respectively. We present a detailed analysis of the annual and semi-annual variations and their dependencies on the solar activity cycles separated as the odd, even, weak and strong solar cycles. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 18/21657-1 - Estudo da variabilidade da atividade auroral em rádio da magnetosfera de Júpiter
• Beneficiário: Ezequiel Echer
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular