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Ion Cyclotron Resonant Absorption Lines in ELF Hiss Power Spectral Density in the Low‐Latitude Ionosphere
Author(s) -
Chen Lunjin,
Pfaff Robert,
Heelis Roderick,
Boardsen Scott,
Xia Zhiyang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2019gl086315
Subject(s) - ionosphere , hiss , physics , magnetosphere , ion , plasmasphere , harmonics , cyclotron , spectral line , extremely low frequency , geophysics , computational physics , atomic physics , electron , astronomy , plasma , quantum mechanics , voltage , electromagnetic field
Abstract The effects of multiple ion species have been observed in electromagnetic wave spectra in both the ionosphere and the magnetosphere. Here we report an event from Communication/Navigation Outage Forecast System satellite, showing a new imprint of various ion species in observations of extremely low frequency (ELF) hiss wave spectra near the equatorial ionosphere, which presents minima in the power spectral density at gyrofrequencies and their harmonics of multiple ion species (e.g., O+and He+ ). Cyclotron harmonic resonant absorption is proposed to account for the observed spectral and polarization properties. Furthermore, the implication of using those wave power spectral minima to identify minor ion species in the ionosphere is discussed.