Uppsala Analysis and Visualization
Progress report for 2001
1. Overview of the results
During the fiscal year 2001 we have continued our highly successful analysis of satellite measurements using data from the Swedish missions (FREJA, ASTRID-2), and CLUSTER satellites, as well as engaging in international collaboration with the POLAR and INTERBALL teams.
We have developed further the Orbit Visualization Tool (OVT), which is a software package prepared for the Cluster mission and used by over 350 registered users worldwide. The software is advertised on the ESA CLUSTER homepage and it is available for download from our server at
http://ovt.irfu.se
Our research results represent highest international standard as evidenced by 9 articles published in refereed international journals of good reputation. 8 invited presentations on renowned international conferences.
This research programme ensures high visibility for the Swedish space programme in the international forum with minimal financial contribution. The majority of funds from SNSB were allocated for salary of one PhD student (Y. Khotyaintsev).
2. List of publications
Note:
Authors working within the Analysis and Visualization programme sponsored by the SNSB are shown in boldface.
First results of electric field and density observations by Cluster EFW based on initial months of operation.
G. Gustafsson, M. André, T. Carozzi, A. I. Eriksson, C.-G. Fälthammar, R. Grard, G. Holmgren, J. A. Holtet, N. Ivchenko, T. Karlsson, Y. Khotyaintsev, S. Klimov, H. Laakso, P.-A. Lindqvist, B. Lybekk, G. Marklund, F. Mozer, K. Mursula, A. Pedersen, B. Popielawska, S. Savin, K.
Stasiewicz, P. Tanskanen, A. Vaivads, and J-E. Wahlund
Annales Geophysicae, Volume 19, Number 10 - 12, page 1219 - 1240, 2001
Magnetic bubbles and kinetic Alfvén waves in the high-latitude magnetopause boundary
K. Stasiewicz, E. C. Seyler, F. Mozer, G. Gustafsson, J. Pickett and B. Popielawska,
K. Stasiewicz and Y. Khotyaintsev,
Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 1405, 2001.
Dispersive Alfvén Waves Observed by Cluster at the Magnetopause.
K. Stasiewicz, Y. Khotyaintsev, M. Grzesiak, and G. Gustafsson, submitted to Nonlinear Proc. in Geophysics, 2001.
Parametric decay as a source of modulated Langmuir waves in the topside ionosphere, G. Lizunov, Y. Khotyaintsev, K. Stasiewicz.
J. Geophys. Res., 106 (A11), 24755, 2001.
Multi-spacecraft observations of broadband waves near the lower hybrid frequency at the Earthward edge of the magnetopause.
M. André, R. Behlke, J.-E. Wahlund, A. Vaivads, A.-I. Eriksson, A. Tjulin, T. D. Carozzi, C. Cully, G. Gustafsson, D. Sundkvist, Y. Khotyaintsev, N. Cornilleau-Wehrlin, L. Rezeau, M. Maksimovic, E. Lucek, A. Balogh, M. Dunlop, P.-A. Lindqvist, F. Mozer, A. Pedersen.
Annales Geophysicae, Volume 19, Number 10 - 12, page 1471 - 1481, 2001. Analysis of the turbulence observed in the outer cusp boundary layer,
J. S. Pickett, J. D. Menietti, G. B. Hospodarsky, D. A. Gurnett and K. Stasiewicz,
Adv. Space Res., in press, 2001.
Turbulent boundary layer at the border of geomagnetic trap,
S.P. Savin, L.M. Zelenyi, S.A. Romanov, S.I. Klimov, A.A. Skalsky, ., and K. Stasiewicz,
JETP Letters, vol. 74, No. 11, pp. 547-551, 2001.
Early results from the Whisper instrument on Cluster: an overview
P. M. E. Décréau, P. Fergeau, V. Krasnoselskikh, E. Le Guirriec, M. Lévêque, Ph. Martin, O. Randriamboarison, J. L. Rauch, F. X. Sené, H. C. Séran, J. G. Trotignon, P. Canu, N. Cornilleau, H. de Féraudy, H. Alleyne, K. Yearby, P. B. Mögensen, G. Gustafsson, M. André, D. C. Gurnett, F. Darrouzet, J. Lemaire, C. C. Harvey, P. Travnicek.
Annales Geophysicae, Volume 19, Number 10 - 12, page 1241 – 1258, 2001.
Four-point high time resolution information on electron densities by the electric field experiments (EFW) on Cluster
A. Pedersen, P. Décréau, C.-P. Escoubet, G. Gustafsson, H. Laakso, P.-A. Lindqvist, B. Lybekk, A. Masson, F. Mozer, and A. Vaivads
Annales Geophysicae, Volume 19, Number 10 - 12, page 1483 - 1489 Wave- Particle Interaction In The Polar Cusp
J. Blecki, S. Savin, H. Rothkaehl, K. Stasiewicz , R. Wronowski , Z. Nemecek, J.Safrankowa, K.Kudela in Multiscale and multipoint measurements in space plasmas ESA, SP-492 , pp 87-92, Nordwijk, 2001
Multi-spacecraft Tracing of Turbulent Boundary Layer
S. Savin, L. Zelenyi, N. Maynard , I. Sandahl , H. Kawano, C. T. Russell, S. Romanov, E. Amata, L. Avanov, J. Blecki, J. Buechner, G. Consolini, G. Gustafsson, S. Klimov, F. Marcucci, Z. Nemecek, B. Nikutowski, J. Pickett, J.L. Rauch, J. Safrankova, A. Skalsky, V. Smirnov, K. Stasiewicz, P. Song , J.G. Trotignon, Yu. Yermolaev,
Adv Space Res. In press, 2001
3. Presentations on international conferences
Note:
Titles of invited presentations are shown in boldface.
COSPAR - ESA Colloquium, Acceleration and Heating in the Magnetosphere, 6-10 February 2001, Konstancin, Poland.
K. Stasiewicz, B. Popielawska
Magnetic bubbles and kinetic Alfvén waves at the magnetopause. Invited. J. BLECKI, H. ROTHKAEHL, K. STASIEWICZ, A. Eriksson, S. Savin
Observations Of The Accelerated Electrons And Associated Plasma Waves In The Polar Cusp During Disturbed Period Onboard Freja Satellite.
AGU Chapman Conference on Storm-Substorm Relationship, 12-16 March, 2001, Lonavala, India.
K. Stasiewicz
Substorm-related energy transport by Alfvén waves. Invited
EGS XXVI General Assembly, Nice, France, March 2001
STASIEWICZ, K.; KHOTYAINTSEV, Y.; GUSTAFSSON, G.; LINDQVIST, P.-A.; MOZER, F.; ERIKSSON, A.; CAROZZI, T.
Large amplitude Alfven waves at the magnetopause
GUSTAFSSON, G.; AHLEN, L.; ERIKSSON, A.I.; GUNNARSSON. H.; LUNDGREN, A.; THOMAS, H.; BERG, P.; HARVEY, P.; KHYUNGE, K.;
The electric field and wave experiment on Cluster.
GUSTAFSSON, G.; ANDRE, M.; ALLEYNE, H.; BLOMBERG, L.; BOSTROM, R.; CAROZZI, T.; CATTELL, C.; CORNILLEAU-WEHRLIN, N.; ET AL.
An overview of early results from the Electric Field and Wave investigation on Cluster (invited)
GUSTAFSSON, G.; MURSULA, K.; CAROZZI, T.; LYBEKK, B.; STASIEWICZ, K.; TANSKANEN, P.; SINGER, H.; LAAKSO, H.
ULF observations on Cluster
KHOTYAINTSEV, Y.; STASIEWICZ, K.; ERIKSSON, A.; ANDRE, M. On wave-related density structures
SAVIN, S.; KLIMOV, S.; ZELENYI, L.; NOZDRACHEV, M.; SKALSKY, A.; YERMOLAEV, YU.; GUSTAFSSON, G.; STASIEWICZ, K.;
IACG boundary campaign #2: from Interball to Cluster
KHOTYAINTSEV, Y.; STASIEWICZ, K.; KHOTYAINTSEV, M. 3D Visualization of Cluster data with OVT
Woolliscroft), 24-26 April, 2001, Sheffield, UK,
K. Stasiewicz:
Magnetic holes at the magnetopause layer. Invited
J.BLECKI , S. Savin, H. ROTHKAEHL , K. STASIEWICZ , R.WRONOWSKI , Z.Nemecek, WAVE- PARTICLE INTERACTION IN THE POLAR CUSP
Fourth International Workshop on Nonlinear Waves and Chaos in Space Plasmas, Tromso, Norway, 17-22 June, 2001.
K. Stasiewicz
Ion heating by orbit randomization on electrostatic waves and nonlinear structures. Invited
Astrodynamics Tools and Techniques, ESA Workshop, ESTEC, 17-18 July 2001.
K. Stasiewicz Y. Khotyaintsev, M. Khotyaintsev Orbit Visualization Tool, Invited
IAGA-IASPEI Joint Scientific Assembly in Hanoi, Vietnam, August 19-31, 2001.
K. Stasiewicz, Y. Khotyaintsev
The role of dispersive Alfvén waves for energy transport in auroral regions. Invited Y. KHOTYAINTSEV, K. Stasiewicz
Signatures of Alfvén waves in auroral electron distributions
COSPAR Colloquium: Plasma Processes in the Near-Earth Space; 5-10 February, 2002, Sofia, Bulgaria.
K. Stasiewicz, B. Popielawska, G. Gustafsson
Low-frequency waves and transport processes at the magnetopause: Polar and Cluster observations, Invited.
EGS XXVI General Assembly, Nice, France, April 2002
KHOTYAINTSEV, Y.; STASIEWICZ, K.; GUSTAFSSON, G.; SAVIN, S.; SKALSKY, A.; SMIRNOV, V.; SONG, P.; MAYNARD, N.; AMATA,
The fine structure of stagnation region over cusps
SAVIN, S.; M.W. Dunlop, S. Romanov, A. Skalsky, S. Klimov, L. Zelenyi, M. Mogilevsky, T. Romantsova, J.L. Rauch, M. Parrot, J.G. Trotignon, (3), G.
Gustafsson, K. Stasiewicz, Y. Khotyaintsev, J. Pickett, R.R. Anderson, E. Amata, G. Consolini, F. Marcucci, J. Buechner, B. Nikutowski, J. Blecki, N. Maynard, E. Lucek. ELF/ULF nonlinear waves in turbulent boundary layer
SAVIN, S.; G. Gustafsson, K. Stasiewicz, Y. Khotyaintsev, M. Andre, A. Balogh, E. Amata, F. Marcucci, G. Consolini, J.L. Rauch, M. Parrot, J.G. Trotignon, J.A. Sauvaud, M.W. Dunlop, P. Song, J. Buechner, B. Nikutowski, E. Dubinin, N. Maynard, C.T. Russell, A. Skalsky, L. Zelenyi. Outer cusp throat: Interball, Polar and Cluster intercomparison
4. Development of OVT
The work with the upgrading of OVT was done mainly by the graduate student Mykola
Khotyaintsev (Ukraine). His visits to IRF-U were supported partly by SNSB and partly by Svenska Institutet.
Figure 1 shows a screenshot of the new user interface to OVT released in April 2002.
A new feature in the current OVT release is a data visualization module, which will be used in future studies of measurements from Cluster and other satellites. The illustration below shows an example of conjugate multi-spacecraft and ground based study of auroral arc (initial results were reported on AGU Fall Meeting by Y. Khothyaintsev).
The new version of OVT makes it possible to visualize data along the orbit and also data along the field lines. This is especially useful to illustrate mapping of different orbit parts to the outer magnetosphere. Simple data from the text file can be easily imported to OVT with data import wizard, which supports several popular time formats.
Figure 2 shows orbits (solid lines) and magnetic footprints (dotted lines) of Polar (red) and Astrid-2 (blue). Magnetic footprints cross the auroral arc in the North America seen on the image from Polar UV imager. Arc footprints are collocated with the Canadian magnetometer network CANOPUS.
