Hnat, B., Chapman, Sandra C. and Rowlands, G. (George). (2005) Scaling and a Fokker-Planck model for fluctuations in geomagnetic indices and comparison with solar wind as seen by Wind and ACE. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol.110 . ISSN 0148-0227

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Abstract

The evolution of magnetospheric indices on temporal scales shorter than that of substorms is characterized by bursty, intermittent events that may arise from turbulence intrinsic to the magnetosphere or that may reflect solar wind-magnetosphere coupling. This leads to a generic problem of distinguishing between the features of the system and those of the driver. We quantify scaling properties of short-term (up to few hours) fluctuations in the geomagnetic indices AL and AU during solar minimum and maximum, along with the parameter that is a measure of the solar wind driver. We find that self-similar statistics provide a good approximation for the observed scaling properties of fluctuations in the geomagnetic indices, regardless of the solar activity level, and in the parameter at solar maximum. This self-similarity persists for fluctuations on timescales at least up to about 1–2 hours. The scaling exponent of AU index fluctuations show dependence on the solar cycle, and the trend follows that found in the scaling of fluctuations in . The values of their corresponding scaling exponents, however, are always distinct. Fluctuations in the AL index are insensitive to the solar cycle, as well as being distinct from those in the parameter. This approximate self-similar scaling leads to a Fokker-Planck model which, we show, captures the probability density function of fluctuations and provides a stochastic dynamical equation (Langevin equation) for time series of the geomagnetic indices.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QB Astronomy
Divisions:	Faculty of Science > Physics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Solar wind, Fokker-Planck equation, Geomagnetic indexes, Magnetosphere
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Geophysical Research
Publisher:	American Geophysical Union
ISSN:	0148-0227
Date:	2005
Volume:	Vol.110
Identification Number:	10.1029/2004JA010824
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
Funder:	Leverhulme Trust (LT), Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (Great Britain) (PPARC), Radcliffe Institute
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