Simultaneous Observations of Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron Waves and
Longer-Period Ultra Low Frequency Waves by the GOES-16 Magnetometer
Abstract
Simultaneous bursts of EMIC and longer-period ULF waves were observed by
the GOES-16 magnetometer on the 11 January and the 7 September 2017. No
correlation was found between the repeat times of EMIC wavepackets and
Pc4 ULF wave periods. However, the repetition times visually correlated
with variations in solar wind dynamic pressure (Pdyn). EMIC wavepackets
are composed of short duration subpackets and when subpackets last
>1/2 the ULF wave period, correlation with the ULF wave
cycle was strong, R=0.6. On 11 Jan., observations suggest the Pc5 ULF
waves were in-part directly driven by Pdyn. The observed Pc4-5 ULF waves
were predominately poloidal. Assuming high azimuthal m-numbers, the
observations as a whole imply that the simultaneous repeating EMIC and
Pc4-5 wave bursts were formed by mode cross-coupling through a common
wave generation free energy source of anisotropic ion distributions
created by repetitive magnetospheric compressions driven by small Pdyn
fluctuations.