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Statistical Characteristics of Solar Wind Dynamic Pressure Enhancements During Geomagnetic Storms

  • Choi, C.R. (Department of Astronomy and Space Science, College of Natural Sciences and Institute for Basic Sciences Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Kim, K.C. (Department of Astronomy and Space Science, College of Natural Sciences and Institute for Basic Sciences Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Lee, D.Y. (Department of Astronomy and Space Science, College of Natural Sciences and Institute for Basic Sciences Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Kim, J.H. (Department of Astronomy and Space Science, College of Natural Sciences and Institute for Basic Sciences Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Lee, E. (Space Science Laboratory, University of California)
  • Published : 2008.06.15
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Abstract

Solar wind dynamic pressure enhancements are known to cause various types of disturbances to the magnetosphere. In particular, dynamic pressure enhancements may affect the evolution of magnetic storms when they occur during storm times. In this paper, we have investigated the statistical significance and features of dynamic pressure enhancements during magnetic storm times. For the investigation, we have used a total of 91 geomagnetic storms for 2001-2003, for which the Dst minimum $(Dst_{min})$ is below -50 nT. Also, we have imposed a set of selection criteria for a pressure enhancement to be considered an event: The main selection criterion is that the pressure increases by ${\geq}50%\;or\;{\geq}3nPa$ within 30 min and remains to be elevated for 10 min or longer. For our statistical analysis, we define the storm time to be the interval from the main Dst decrease, through $Dst_{min}$, to the point where the Dst index recovers by 50%. Our main results are summarized as follows. $(i){\sim}$ 81% of the studied storms indicate at least one event of pressure enhancements. When averaged over all the 91 storms, the occurrence rate is ${\sim}$ 4.5 pressure enhancement events per storm and ${\sim}$ 0.15 pressure enhancement events per hour. (ii) The occurrence rate of the pressure enhancements is about three times higher for CME-driven storm times than for CIR-driven storm times. (iii) Only 21.1% of the pressure enhancements show a clear association with an interplanetary shock. (iv) A large number of the pressure enhancement events are accompanied with a simultaneous change of IMF $B_y$ and/or $B_z$: For example, 73.5% of the pressure enhancement events are associated with an IMF change of either $|{\Delta}B_z|>2nT\;or\;|{\Delta}B_y|>2nT$. This last finding suggests that one should consider possible interplay effects between the simultaneous pressure and IMF changes in many situations.

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