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Ground-Based Magnetometer Response to Impacting Magnetosheath Jets

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AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1029/2021JA029115

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magnetosheath; jets; geoeffectiveness

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  1. Vetenskapsradet (VR) [2018-03623]
  2. Swedish National Space Agency (SNSA) grant [118/17]
  3. Kempe Foundation
  4. Swedish National Space Agency (SNSA) [108/18]
  5. Swedish Research Council [2018-03623] Funding Source: Swedish Research Council

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Studies show that localized dynamic pressure pulses in the magnetosheath, or jets, can impact the magnetopause and be observed as geoeffective elements at ground level. Ground-based magnetometers (GMAGs) detect fluctuations in the geomagnetic field due to impacting jets, with amplitudes of 34 nT, frequencies of 1.9 mHz, and damping times of 370 s. The amplitude of GMAG response depends on the parallel length and maximum dynamic pressure of the jet, with longer and higher pressure jets inducing larger amplitude responses.
Localized dynamic pressure pulses in the magnetosheath, or jets, have been a popular topic for discussion in recent decades. Studies show that they can propagate through the magnetosheath and impact the magnetopause, possibly showing up as geoeffective elements at ground level. However, questions still remain on how geoeffective they can be. Previous studies have been limited to case studies during few days and with only a handful of events. In this study we have found 65 cases of impacting jets using observations from the Multiscale Magnetospheric mission during 2015-2017. We examine their geoeffectiveness using ground-based magnetometers (GMAGs). From our statistics we find that GMAGs observe responses as fluctuations in the geomagnetic field with amplitudes of 34 nT, frequencies of 1.9 mHz, and damping times of 370 s. Further, the parallel length and the maximum dynamic pressure of the jet dictate the amplitude of the observed GMAG response. Longer and higher pressure jets inducing larger amplitude responses in GMAG horizontal components. The median time required for the signal to be detected by GMAGs is 190 s. We also examine if jets can be harmful for human infrastructure and cannot exclude that such events could exist.

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