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Role of non-uniform ionosphere in the formation of auroral vortices revealed by tomography method

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K05672
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Space and upper atmospheric physics
Research InstitutionNational Institute of Polar Research

Principal Investigator

Tanaka Yoshimasa  国立極地研究所, 研究教育系, 特任准教授 (50425766)

Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Keywordsオーロラ / 磁気圏電離圏結合 / トモグラフィ解析 / 電離圏電気伝導度 / 3次元電流系 / 電離圏カウリング効果 / オーロラトモグラフィ / オーロラ渦構造 / 全天並列高感度カメラシステム / オーロラ立体構造再構成 / Westward Traveling Surge / オーロラ多点観測 / 全天並列カメラシステムの構築 / オーロラトモグラフィ国際共同キャンペーン観測 / EISCATレーダー特別実験 / 地球電磁気 / 超高層物理学
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We established a new method based on the auroral tomography to retrieve various physical quantities of mesoscale aurora, such as three-dimensional (3D) distribution of volume emission rate, energy distribution of precipitating electrons, and electrical conductivity, electric field, and 3D electric current system in the ionosphere, with a time resolution less than 10s. We applied this method to data obtained with multi-point imager network, magnetometer network, and incoherent scatter radar in the northern Scandinavia. We succeeded to obtain 3D current system of auroral vortices in the discrete aurora, which change their form quickly, and further to extract the component due to the ionospheric Cowling effect included in the current system.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

これまで水平2次元の研究が主だったオーロラ研究を3次元に拡張し、イメージャや磁力計等の地上多点観測網のデータを最大限活用することで、電離圏磁気圏結合過程における様々な物理量を10秒以下の高い時間分解能で導出できること、電離圏の能動的役割を抽出できることを示したという点で本研究の学術的意義は大きい。開発した手法は、2022年頃から観測が始まる国際共同プロジェクトEISCAT_3Dと組み合わせることで、新しい極域電離圏3次元観測・研究に寄与する。本成果は、地上総合観測によって地球近傍宇宙空間と極域超高層大気の結合過程を時々刻々とモニターできる可能性を示しており、宇宙天気研究の発展に貢献する。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (41 results)

All 2020 2019 2018 2017 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (9 results) Journal Article (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 3 results,  Open Access: 3 results) Presentation (29 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 8 results,  Invited: 5 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Swedish Institute of Space Physics(スウェーデン)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] The Arctic University of Norway(ノルウェー)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Finnish Meteorological Institute/Sodankyla Geophysical Observatory/University of Oulu(フィンランド)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Swedish Institute of Space Physics(スウェーデン)

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] The Arctic University of Norway(ノルウェー)

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Finnish Meteorological Institute/Sodankyla Geophysical Observatory/University of Oulu(フィンランド)

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Swedish Institute of Space Physics(スウェーデン)

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Finnish Meteorological Institute/Sodankyla Geophysical Observatory/University of Oulu(フィンランド)

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] The Arctic University of Norway(ノルウェー)

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Development of low-cost multi-wavelength imager system for studies of aurora and airglow2020

    • Author(s)
      Ogawa, Y., Y. Tanaka, A. Kadokura, K. Hosokawa, Y. Ebihara, T. Motoba, B. Gustavsson, U. Brandstrom, Y. Sato, S. Oyama, M. Ozaki, T. Raita, F. Sigernes, S. Nozawa, K. Shiokawa, M. Kosch, K. Kauristie, C. Hall, S. Suzuki, Y. Miyoshi, A. Gerrard, H. Miyaoka, and R. Fujii
    • Journal Title

      Polar Science

      Volume: 23 Pages: 1-10

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.polar.2019.100501

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Direct comparison between magnetospheric plasma waves and polar mesosphere winter echoes in both hemispheres2019

    • Author(s)
      Tanaka, Y.-M., T. Nishiyama, A. Kadokura, M. Ozaki, Y. Miyoshi, K. Shiokawa, S.-I. Oyama, R. Kataoka, M. Tsutsumi, K. Nishimura, K. Sato, Y. Kasahara, A. Kumamoto, F. Tsuchiya, M. Fukizawa, M. Hikishima, S. Matsuda, A. Matsuoka, I. Shinohara, M. Nose, T. Nagatsuma, M. Shinohara, A. Fujimoto, M. Teramoto, 他5名
    • Journal Title

      J. Geophys. Res.

      Volume: 124 Issue: 11 Pages: 1-14

    • DOI

      10.1029/2019ja026891

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Morphologies of omega band auroras2017

    • Author(s)
      Sato, N., A. S. Yukimatu, Y. Tanaka, and T. Hori
    • Journal Title

      Earth, Planets and Space

      Volume: 69 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-11

    • DOI

      10.1186/s40623-017-0688-1

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] Study on auroral 3D structure in the northen Europe2020

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimasa Tanaka, Yasunobu Ogawa, Akira Kadokura, Takanori Nishiyama, Akimasa Yoshikawa, Bjorn Gustavsson, Kirsti Kauristie, Carl-fredrik Enell, Urban Brandstrom, Tima Sergienko, Alexander Kozlovsky, Tero Raita, Vanhamaki Heikki
    • Organizer
      Sixth International Symposium on Arctic Research (ISAR-6)
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Conjugate observation of magnetospheric plasma waves and polar mesosphere winter echoes by Arase satellite and MST radars in both hemispheres2019

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimasa Tanaka, Takanori Nishiyama, Akira Kadokura, Mitsunori Ozaki, Mitsunori Ozaki, Yoshizumi Miyoshi, Kazuo Shiokawa, Shin-Ichiro Oyama, Ryuho Kataoka, Masaki Tsutsumi, Koji Nishimura, Kaoru Sato, Yoshiya Kasahara, Atsuki Kumamoto, Fuminori Tsuchiya, Mizuki Fukizawa, Mitsuru Hikishima, Shoya Matsuda
    • Organizer
      The 4th Asia Research Node Symposium on Humanosphere Science
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Simultaneous observation of magnetospheric plasma waves and PMWE observed by Arase satellite and MST radars2019

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimasa Tanaka, Takanori Nishiyama, Akira Kadokura, Mitsunori Ozaki, Mitsunori Ozaki, Yoshizumi Miyoshi, Kazuo Shiokawa, Shin-Ichiro Oyama, Ryuho Kataoka, Masaki Tsutsumi, Koji Nishimura, Kaoru Sato, Yoshiya Kasahara, Atsuki Kumamoto, Fuminori Tsuchiya, Mizuki Fukizawa, Mitsuru Hikishima, Shoya Matsuda
    • Organizer
      SuperDARN Workshop 2019
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Advanced tools for research on upper atmosphere and their future perspective2019

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimasa Tanaka, Norio Umemura, Atsuki Shinbori, Shuji Abe, Satoru UeNo, Masahito Nose
    • Organizer
      World Data System Asia-Oceania Conference 2019
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 3D structure of discrete arcs obtained by auroral computed tomography analysis2019

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimasa Tanaka, Yasunobu Ogawa, Akira Kadokura, Takanori Nishiyama, Akimasa Yoshikawa, Bjorn Gustavsson, Kirsti Kauristie, Carl-fredrik Enell, Urban Brandstrom, Tima Sergienko, Alexander Kozlovsky, Tero Raita, Vanhamaki Heikki
    • Organizer
      The Tenth Symposium on Polar Science
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 3D analysis of discrete arcs based on auroral computed tomography2019

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimasa Tanaka, Yasunobu Ogawa, Akira Kadokura, Takanori Nishiyama, Akimasa Yoshikawa, Bjorn Gustavsson, Kirsti Kauristie, Carl-fredrik Enell, Urban Brandstrom, Tima Sergienko, Alexander Kozlovsky, Tero Raita, Vanhamaki Heikki
    • Organizer
      地球電磁気・地球惑星圏学会第145回総会・講演会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] New perspectives on coupling processes in solar-terrestrial system obtained by comprehensive data analysis2019

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimasa Tanaka, Norio Umemura, Shuji Abe, Atsuki Shinbori, Masahito Nose, Satoru UeNo, Hiromi Nakagawa
    • Organizer
      Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2019
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 一般化オーロラトモグラフィ法逆問題解析手法2019

    • Author(s)
      田中良昌, 小川泰信, 門倉昭
    • Organizer
      太陽地球系物理学分野のデータ解析手法、ツールの理解と応用
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] あらせ衛星と地上南北共役点観測による磁気圏、電離圏、中間圏現象の比較解析2019

    • Author(s)
      田中良昌, 西山尚典, 門倉昭, 尾崎光紀, 三好由純, 大山伸一郎, 片岡龍峰, 堤雅基, 西村耕司, 佐藤薫, 笠原禎也, 熊本篤志, 土屋史紀, 吹澤瑞貴, 疋島充, 松田昇也, 松岡彩子, 篠原育, 能勢正仁, 長妻努, 篠原学, 藤本晶子, 寺本万里子, 野村麗子, 行松彰, 細川敬祐, 小路真史, Ralph Latteck
    • Organizer
      第11回ERGサイエンス会議 - あらせ衛星の電場・プラズマ波動観測データを用いた解析ワークショップ
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 太陽地球結合過程の研究のためのデータ解析基盤「IUGONETツール」の紹介2019

    • Author(s)
      田中良昌, 梅村宜生, 新堀淳樹, 阿部修司, 上野悟, 能勢正仁, 中川裕美, IUGONETプロジェクトチーム
    • Organizer
      2019年度太陽研連シンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Preliminary Results of Tomography Analysis of Westward Traveling Surge2018

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimasa Tanaka, Yasunobu Ogawa, Akira Kadokura, Takanori Nishiyama, Bjorn Gustavsson, Kirsti Kauristie, Carl-fredrik Enell, Urban Brandstrom, Tima Sergienko, Alexander Kozlovsky, Tero Raita, Vanhamaki Heikki, and Akimasa Yoshikawa
    • Organizer
      The Ninth Symposium on Polar Science
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Tomography analysis of westward traveling surge observed in February, 20182018

    • Author(s)
      田中良昌, 小川泰信, 門倉昭, 西山尚典, 吉川顕正, Gustavsson Bjorn, Kauristie Kirsti, Enell Carl-fredrik, Brandstrom Urban, Sergienko Tima, Kozlovsky Alexander, Tero Raita, Vanhamaki Heikki
    • Organizer
      地球電磁気・地球惑星圏学会第144回総会・講演会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] あらせ衛星-地上同時観測で得られたPMWEの特性2018

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimasa Tanaka et al.
    • Organizer
      H30年度脈動オーロラ研究集会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 超高層大気分野のデータ利活用促進、成果創出のための取り組み2018

    • Author(s)
      田中良昌, 梅村宜生, 新堀淳樹, 阿部修司, 能勢正仁, 上野悟, IUGONETプロジェクトチーム
    • Organizer
      第5回 太陽地球環境データ解析に基づく超高層大気の空間・時間変動の解明
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 太陽地球系物理学における観測データメタデータシステムとサイエンス2018

    • Author(s)
      田中良昌, 梅村宜生, 新堀淳樹, 阿部修司, 能勢正仁, 上野悟, IUGONETプロジェクトチーム
    • Organizer
      Japan Open Science Summit 2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 3D current system of eastward expanding auroral surges2018

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimasa Tanaka, Yasunobu Ogawa, Akira Kadokura, Bjorn Gustavsson, Noora Partamies, Kirsti Kauristie, Daniel Whiter, Carl-fredrik Enell, Urban Brandstrom, Tima Sergienko, Alexander Kozlovsky, Heikki Vanhamaki, Akimasa Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Miyaoka
    • Organizer
      Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Simultaneous observation of PMWE and plasma waves with PANSY radar and Arase satellite2018

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimasa Tanaka et al.
    • Organizer
      Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] IUGONET activities for research in upper atmosphere and multidisciplinary field2018

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimasa Tanaka, Norio Umemura, Shuji Abe, Atsuki Shinbori, Masahito Nose, Satoru UeNo
    • Organizer
      Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Useful Tools for Education and Capacity Building about Solar Terrestrial Physics Study2018

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimasa Tanaka, Norio Umemura, Atsuki Shinbori, Shuji Abe, Satoru UeNo, Masahito Nose, and IUGONET project team
    • Organizer
      International Workshop on Data Science 2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Poleward moving auroral arcs observed at South Pole Station, Antarctica2018

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimasa Tanaka, Yusuke Ebihara, Satoko Saita, Akimasa Yoshikawa, Yuki Obana, and Allan T. Weatherwax
    • Organizer
      Asian Forum for Polar Sciences (AFoPS) 2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Activity for Data Sharing by the IUGONET project2018

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimasa Tanaka, Norio Umemura, Shuji Abe, Atsuki Shinbori, Masahito Nose, Satoru UeNo
    • Organizer
      Asian Forum for Polar Sciences (AFoPS) 2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Multi-instrument observation of an isolated substorm and associated phenomena2018

    • Author(s)
      Tanaka, Y.-M., T. Nishiyama, A. Kadokura, M. Ozaki, K. Shiokawa, S. Oyama, M. Nose, T. Nagatsuma, M. Tsutsumi, K. Nishimura, K. Sato, Y. Miyoshi, Y. Kasahara, A. Kumamoto, F. Tsuchiya, M. Hikishima, S. Matsuda, A. Matsuoka, M. Shinohara, A. Fujimoto, M. Teramoto, R. Nomura, R. Kataoka, A. S. Yukimatu
    • Organizer
      Fifth International Symposium on Arctic Research (ISAR-5)
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] ノルウェー・シーボトンにおける全天ワテック並列イメージャ観測2018

    • Author(s)
      田中良昌, 小川泰信, 門倉昭, 宮岡宏, Bjorn Gustavsson
    • Organizer
      低廉光学機器による超高層大気ネットワーク計測に関する研究集会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] EISCAT特別実験報告(実験番号01)多点・多波長単色イメージャとEISCATレーダーを用いたオーロラ降下電子エネルギーの時空間変動の観測2018

    • Author(s)
      田中良昌, 小川泰信, 門倉昭, 宮岡宏, Kirsti Kauristie, Alexandre Kozlovsky, Urban Brandstrom, Tima Sergienko, Carl-Fredrik Enell, Bjorn Gustavsson, Daneil Whiter, Ingemar Haggstrom
    • Organizer
      EISCAT研究集会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Spatiotemporal variation of precipitating electron energy in auroral vortices2017

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimasa Tanaka, Yasunobu Ogawa, Akira Kadokura, Kauristie Kirsti, Carl-fredrik Enell, Urban Braendstroem, Tima Sergienko, Bjorn Gustavsson, Daniel Whiter, Alexander Kozlovsky, Hiroshi Miyaoka, Mike Kosch
    • Organizer
      JpGU-AGU joint meeting 2017
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] IUGONET activities for upper atmospheric research2017

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimasa Tanaka, Norio Umemura, Shuji Abe, Atsuki Shinbori, Satoru UeNo, Masahito Nose
    • Organizer
      International Conference on Space Science and Communication 2017
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] IUGONET tools for Solar-Terrestrial Physics Research2017

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimasa Tanaka, Norio Umemura, Shuji Abe, Atsuki Shinbori, Masahito Nose, Satoru UeNo
    • Organizer
      The Second VarSITI symposium
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] A comprehensive analysis of an isolated substorm observed during the first coordinated Arase and ground-based observations2017

    • Author(s)
      Tanaka, Y.-M., T. Nishiyama, A. Kadokura, M. Ozaki, K. Shiokawa, S. Oyama, M. Nose, T. Nagatsuma, M. Tsutsumi, K. Nishimura, K. Sato, Y. Miyoshi, Y. Kasahara, A. Kumamoto, F. Tsuchiya, M. Hikishima, S. Matsuda, A. Matsuoka, M. Shinohara, A. Fujimoto, M. Teramoto, R. Nomura, R. Kataoka, A. S. Yukimatu
    • Organizer
      地球電磁気・地球惑星圏学会第142回総会・講演会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] An isolated substorm observed during the first coordinated Arase and ground-based observations2017

    • Author(s)
      Tanaka, Y.-M., T. Nishiyama, A. Kadokura, M. Ozaki, K. Shiokawa, S. Oyama, M. Nose, T. Nagatsuma, M. Tsutsumi, K. Nishimura, K. Sato, Y. Miyoshi, Y. Kasahara, A. Kumamoto, F. Tsuchiya, M. Hikishima, S. Matsuda, A. Matsuoka, M. Shinohara, A. Fujimoto, M. Teramoto, R. Nomura, R. Kataoka, A. S. Yukimatu
    • Organizer
      第8回極域科学シンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report

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