Nature Communications (Apr 2020)

Plasmapause surface wave oscillates the magnetosphere and diffuse aurora

  • Fei He,
  • Rui-Long Guo,
  • William R. Dunn,
  • Zhong-Hua Yao,
  • Hua-Sen Zhang,
  • Yi-Xin Hao,
  • Quan-Qi Shi,
  • Zhao-Jin Rong,
  • Jiang Liu,
  • An-Min Tian,
  • Xiao-Xin Zhang,
  • Yong Wei,
  • Yong-Liang Zhang,
  • Qiu-Gang Zong,
  • Zu-Yin Pu,
  • Wei-Xing Wan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15506-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Theoretical studies suggested that plasmapause surface waves related to the sharp inhomogeneity exist and act as a source of geomagnetic pulsations. Here, the authors show direct observations of a plasmapause surface wave and its impacts during a geomagnetic storm using multi-satellite and ground-based observations.