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2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Studies on Cowling channel usingglobal Magnetosphere-Ionosphere coupling simulator

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 22540460
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Space and upper atmospheric physics
Research InstitutionKyushu University

Principal Investigator

YOSHIKAWA Aimasa  九州大学, 国際宇宙天気科学・教育センター, 講師 (70284479)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) TERADA Naoki  東北大学, 大学院・理学研究科, 准教授 (70470060)
Project Period (FY) 2010 – 2012
Keywords磁気圏電離圏結合 / Cowlingチャンネル / Hall分極場 / Alfven波
Research Abstract

We present the first complete formulation of the coupling between the ionospheric horizontal currents (including Hall currents) and the field-aligned currents (FAC) via shear Alfven wave, which can describe the formation of a Cowling channel without any a priori parameterization of the secondary (Hall-polarization) electric field strength. Our theory separates the Cowling channel into "primary" and "secondary" components. Until now there are no theoretical frameworks, which can derive these separated components from observed or given total conductance, electric field and FAC distributions alone. But when a given incident Alfven wave is considered as the driver, the reflected wave can be uniquely decomposed into the primary and secondary components. We show that the reflected wave can, depending on actual conditions, indeed carry FAC that connect to divergent Hall currents. With this new method wecan identify how large secondary electric field is generated to close the divergent Hall current withinthe ionosphere, and how much of the Hall current continues out to the magnetosphere as FAC. In typical ionospheric situations only a small fraction of FAC is connected to Hall currents at conductance gradients, i.e. the secondary field is relatively strong. But when conductances are relatively low compared with Alfven conductance and/or horizontal scales smaller than ~10 [km], the Hall FAC may become significant.

  • Research Products

    (59 results)

All 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009

All Journal Article (19 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 19 results) Presentation (40 results)

  • [Journal Article] General solution for calculating polarization electric fields in the auroral ionosphere and application examples2013

    • Author(s)
      Amm O., R. Fujii, H. Vanhamaki1, A. Yoshikawa, A. Ieda
    • DOI

      DOI:10.1002/jgra.50254

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] An application of the finite length Cowling channel model to auroral arcs with longitudinal variations2012

    • Author(s)
      Fujii, R., O. Amm, H. Vanhamaki, A. Yoshikawa, and A. Ieda
    • Journal Title

      J. Geophys. Res

      Volume: 117 Pages: A11217

    • DOI

      DOI:10.1029/2012JA017953

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Poleward moving auroral arcs observed at the South Pole Station and the interpretation by field line resonances2012

    • Author(s)
      Tanaka, Y.-M., Y. Ebihara, S. Saita, A. Yoshikawa, Y. Obana, and A. T. Weatherwax
    • Journal Title

      J. Geophys. Res

      Volume: 117 Pages: A09305

    • DOI

      DOI:10.1029/2012JA017899

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Ionospheric Joule heating and Poynting flux in quasi-static approximation2012

    • Author(s)
      Vanhamaki, H., A. Yoshikawa, O. Amm, and R. Fujii
    • Journal Title

      J. Geophys. Res.

      Volume: 117 Pages: A08327

    • DOI

      DOI:10.1029/2012JA017841

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A self-consistent synthesis description of magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling and scale-dependent auroral process using shear Alfven wave2011

    • Author(s)
      Yoshikawa A., O. Amm, H. Vanhamaki, and R. Fujii
    • Journal Title

      J. Geophys. Res

      Volume: 116 Pages: A08218

    • DOI

      DOI:10.1029/2011JA016460

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Self-consistent formulation for the evolution of ionospheric conductances at the ionospheric Eregion within the M-I coupling scheme2011

    • Author(s)
      Yoshikawa A., A. Nakamizo, O. Amm, H. Vanhamaki, R. Fujii, Y.-M. Tanaka, T. Uozumi, K. Yumoto, and S. Ohtani
    • Journal Title

      J. Geophys. Res.

      Volume: 116 Pages: A09223

    • DOI

      DOI:10.1029/2011JA016449

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Reformulation and energy flow of the Cowling channel2011

    • Author(s)
      Fujii, R., O. Amm, A. Yoshikawa, A. Ieda, and H. Vanjamakki
    • Journal Title

      J. Geophys. Res

      Volume: 116 Pages: A02305

    • DOI

      DOI:10.1029/2010JA015989

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A statistical investigation of the Cowling channel efficiency in the auroral zone2011

    • Author(s)
      Amm O., R. Fujii, K. Kauristie, A. Aikio, A. Yoshikawa, A. Ieda, H. Vanhamaki
    • Journal Title

      J. Geophys. Res

      Volume: 116 Pages: A02304

    • DOI

      DOI:10.1029/2010JA015988

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] AKR modulation and global Pi2 oscillation2011

    • Author(s)
      T. Uozumi, K. Yumoto, S. Abe, I. Ikeda, A. Yoshikawa
    • Journal Title

      J. Geophys. Res

      Volume: 116 Pages: A06214

    • DOI

      DOI:10.1029/2010JA016042

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 変化点検出を応用した時系列データからの突発現象の前兆検出アルゴリズム2011

    • Author(s)
      徳永旭将, 池田大輔, 中村和幸, 樋口知之, 吉川顕正, 魚住禎司, 藤本晶子,森岡昭, 湯元清文, CPMNGroup
    • Journal Title

      情報処理学会論文誌「数理モデル化と応用TOM」

      Volume: Vol 4. No. 3 Pages: 14-34

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Pi 2 waves simultaneously observed by Cluster and CPMN ground-based magnetometers near the plasmapause2011

    • Author(s)
      H. Kawano, S. Ohtani, T.Uozumi, T. Tokunaga, A. Yoshikawa, K. Yumoto, E. A. Lucek, M. Andre andtheCPMNgroup
    • Journal Title

      Ann. Geophys

      Volume: 29 Pages: 1663-1672

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] An empirical model of the quiet daily geomagnetic field variation derived from CPMN 210 MM data from 1996 to 20072011

    • Author(s)
      Yamazaki Y., K. Yumoto, M. Cardinal, B. Fraser, P. Hattori, Y Kakinami, J.Y. Liu, K. Lynn, R. Marshall, D. McNamara, T. Nagatsuma, V. M. Nikiforov, R. Otadoy, M. Ruhimat, B. Shevtsov, K. Shiokawa, T. Uozumi, and A. Yoshikawa
    • Journal Title

      J. Geophys. Res

      Volume: 2010 Pages: A016214

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Onset TimeDetermination of Precursory Events of Singular Spectrum Transformation2010

    • Author(s)
      Tokunaga T., Daisuke Ikeda, Kazuyuki Nakamura, Tomoyuki Higuchi, Akimasa Yoshikawa, Teiji Uozumi, Akiko Fujimoto, Akira Morioka, Kiyohumi Yumoto and CPMN group
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Circuits, Systems and Signal processing

      Volume: vol.5 Pages: 46-60

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Ionospheric observation using FM-CW radar array, Advances in Geosciences, Vol.21: Solar & Terrestrial Science2010

    • Author(s)
      Ikeda A., A. Yoshikawa, M. G. Cardinal, K. Yumoto, M. Shinohara, K.Nozaki, B. M. Shevtsov, V. V. Bychkov, Q. M. Sugon, and D. McNamara
    • Journal Title

      Ed. Marc Duldig

      Pages: 379-391

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Substorm convection and current system deduced from the global simulation2010

    • Author(s)
      Tanaka T., A. Nakamizo, A. Yoshikawa, S. Fujita, H. Shinagawa, H. Shimazu, T. Kikuchi, K. Hashimoto
    • Journal Title

      J. Geophys. Res

      Volume: 115 Pages: A05220

    • DOI

      DOI:10.1029/2009JA014676

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Phase Relation between Pi 2-associated Ionospheric Doppler Velocity and Magnetic Pulsation at Mid-Latitude MAGDAS Station2010

    • Author(s)
      Ikeda A., K. Yumoto, M. Shinohara, K. Nozaki, A. Yo s h ik awa, A. Shinbori
    • Journal Title

      J. Geophys. Res

      Volume: 115 Pages: A02215

    • DOI

      DOI:10.1029/2009JA014397

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Alfvenic-coupling algorithm for global and dynamical magnetosphere-ionosphere coupled system2010

    • Author(s)
      Yoshikawa A., H. Nakata, A.Nakamizo, T. Uozumi, M. Itonaga, S. Fujita, K. Yumoto, and T. Tanaka
    • Journal Title

      J. Geophys. Res

      Volume: 115 Pages: A04211

    • DOI

      DOI:10.1029/2009JA014924.

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Detecting Precursory Events in Time Series Data by an Extension of Singular Spectrum Transformation2010

    • Author(s)
      Tokunaga T., Daisuke Ikeda, Kazuyuki Nakamura, Tomoyuki Higuchi, Akimasa Yoshikawa, Teiji Uozumi, Akiko Fujimoto, Akira Morioka, Kiyohumi Yumoto and CPMN group
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 10th WSEAS International Conference on Applied Computer Science

      Pages: 366-374

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Magnetic field investigation of Mercury's magnetosphere and the inner heliosphere by MMO/MGF2010

    • Author(s)
      Baumjohann, W., A. Matsuoka, W. Magnes, K. Glassmeier, R. Nakamura, H.Biernat, M. Delva, K. Schwingenschuh, T. Zhang, H. Auster, K. Fornacon, I. Richter, A. Balogh, P. Cargill, C. Carr, M. Dougherty, T.S. Horbury, E.A. Lucek, F. Tohyama, T. Takahashi, M.
    • Journal Title

      Planetary and Space Science

      Volume: Vol. 58, Issues 1-2 Pages: 279-286

    • DOI

      DOI:10.1016/j.pss.2008.05.019

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] M-I couping theory2013

    • Author(s)
      Yoshikwa A
    • Organizer
      ECLAT Project Meeting, 2nd Project Review Graz
    • Place of Presentation
      Austrian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Space Research, Graz, Austria
    • Year and Date
      20130414-16
  • [Presentation] Current Closure from Polar to Equatorial Ionosphere via Cowling Channel, EGU General AssemblyCurrent Closure from Polar to Equatorial Ionosphere via Cowling Channel2013

    • Author(s)
      Yoshikawa A
    • Organizer
      EGU General Assembly 2013
    • Place of Presentation
      Wien, Austria
    • Year and Date
      20130407-12
  • [Presentation] State-of-art in 3D Ionosphere and internal ionospheric dynamics2013

    • Author(s)
      Yoshikawa A
    • Organizer
      effect on M-I coupling, ISSI Forum "Near Earth Electro-magnetic Environment (Swarm and Cluster)
    • Place of Presentation
      スイス国際宇宙科学研究所, ベルン, スイス
    • Year and Date
      20130403-05
  • [Presentation] Analogy of Magnetosphere -Ionosphere coupling and Corona-chromospherephotosphere coupling2013

    • Author(s)
      Yoshikawa A
    • Organizer
      ISSI Workshop on "Standing MHD Waves"
    • Place of Presentation
      スイス国際宇宙科学研究所, ベルン, スイス
    • Year and Date
      20130225-0301
  • [Presentation] Cowling チャンネルの物理2013

    • Author(s)
      吉川顕正
    • Organizer
      国立極地研究所研究集会:極域電磁圏構造の非線形発展
    • Place of Presentation
      国立極地研究所
    • Year and Date
      20130219-20
  • [Presentation] Technical presentation on the "International Center for Space Wather Science and Education"2013

    • Author(s)
      Yoshikawa A
    • Organizer
      Kyushu University, 第50回国連宇宙平和利用委員会
    • Place of Presentation
      国連ウィーン本部, ウィーン, オーストリア.
    • Year and Date
      20130211-22
  • [Presentation] 強磁場弱電離気体系に於ける電流クロージャー:Hall電流時空間非一様性がもたらすもの2013

    • Author(s)
      吉川顕正
    • Organizer
      日本物理学会第68回年次大会「プラズマ宇宙物理3学会合同セッション
    • Place of Presentation
      広島大学
    • Year and Date
      2013-03-27
  • [Presentation] Formation of Cowling channel from Polar to Equatorial Ionosphere2012

    • Author(s)
      Yoshikawa A
    • Organizer
      the 2012 AGU Fall Meeting
    • Place of Presentation
      Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, California
    • Year and Date
      20121203-07
  • [Presentation] Extraction of polarization field and magnetospheric impedance from the M-I coupled system via shear Alfven wave2012

    • Author(s)
      Yoshikawa A.
    • Organizer
      第132回地球電磁気・地球惑星圏学会総会・講演会
    • Place of Presentation
      札幌コンベンションセンター.
    • Year and Date
      20121020-23
  • [Presentation] Formation of FAC -Cowling channel connecting from polar to equatorial ionosphere2012

    • Author(s)
      Yoshikawa A., S. Ohtani, A. Nakamizo, T. Uozumi, Y. Tanaka
    • Organizer
      Formation of FAC -Cowling channel connecting from polar to equatorial ionosphere・講演会
    • Place of Presentation
      札幌コンベンションセンター
    • Year and Date
      20121020-23
  • [Presentation] 将来構想の施策まとめに関するパ ネルデ ィスカッション12012

    • Author(s)
      吉川 顕正
    • Organizer
      第132回 地球電磁気・地球惑星圏学会総会・講演会
    • Place of Presentation
      札幌コンベンションセンター
    • Year and Date
      20121020-23
  • [Presentation] Establishment of International Center fot Space Science and education2012

    • Author(s)
      Yoshikawa A
    • Organizer
      United Nations/Ecuador Workshop on the International Space Weather Initiative (20th Workshop of the United Nations Basic Space Science Initiative)
    • Place of Presentation
      Quito, Ecuador
    • Year and Date
      20121008-12
  • [Presentation] International Space Wather Science and Education2012

    • Author(s)
      Yoshikawa A
    • Organizer
      UN/Austria Symposium on Space Weather Data Analysis
    • Place of Presentation
      AustrianAcademy of Sciences, Institute for Space Research, Graz, Austria.
    • Year and Date
      20120918-21
  • [Presentation] Modeling of 3D Sq current system, JSPS Core-to-Core Program2012

    • Author(s)
      Yoshikawa A
    • Organizer
      2012 ISWI and MAGDAS School on Space Science
    • Place of Presentation
      Bangdong, Indonesia
    • Year and Date
      20120917-26
  • [Presentation] Sq電流系に於ける3次元カウリングチャンネルモデル2012

    • Author(s)
      吉川 顕正, 魚住 禎司, 湯元 清文
    • Organizer
      2012年度日本地球惑星科学連合大会
    • Place of Presentation
      幕張メッセ,千葉県幕張市
    • Year and Date
      20120520-24
  • [Presentation] 極域から磁気赤道域にかけて形成されるCowlingチャンネル2012

    • Author(s)
      吉川 顕正, 大谷 晋一, 中溝 葵, 魚住 禎司, 湯元 清文
    • Organizer
      2012年度日本地球惑星科学連合大会
    • Place of Presentation
      幕張メッセ,千葉県幕張市
    • Year and Date
      20120520-24
  • [Presentation] 電離圏に於け入反射Alfven 波の分離2012

    • Author(s)
      吉川 顕正, 細川 敬祐, 小川 泰信, 家田 章正, 藤井 良一, 湯元 清文
    • Organizer
      2012年度日本地球惑星科学連合大会
    • Place of Presentation
      幕張メッセ,千葉県幕張市
    • Year and Date
      20120520-24
  • [Presentation] 磁気圏電離圏チュートリアル2012

    • Author(s)
      Yoshikawa A.
    • Organizer
      第26回大気圏シンポジウム
    • Place of Presentation
      JAXA宇宙科学研究所
    • Year and Date
      20120314-15
  • [Presentation] Cowlingチャンネルの物理2012

    • Author(s)
      吉川顕正
    • Organizer
      2011年度 「極域電離圏-磁気圏結合」研究集会
    • Place of Presentation
      国立極地研究所
    • Year and Date
      20120219-20
  • [Presentation] MI結合の理論的側面から見たEISCAT_3Dへの期待2012

    • Author(s)
      吉川顕正
    • Organizer
      EISCAT研究集会:北極・北欧における観測・研究戦略
    • Place of Presentation
      名古屋大学,坂田ホール
    • Year and Date
      2012-11-06
  • [Presentation] 理論的観点から見た電離圏・磁気圏結合研究2012

    • Author(s)
      Yoshikawa A
    • Organizer
      太陽彩層と地球電離圏の接点」研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      国立天文台・東京都三鷹市.
    • Year and Date
      2012-01-10
  • [Presentation] Cowling チャンネル形成の理論2011

    • Author(s)
      Yoshikawa A
    • Organizer
      国立極地研究所研究集会:極域電磁圏構造の非線形発展(観測と理論的アプローチの協働を目指して)」
    • Place of Presentation
      国立極地研究所
    • Year and Date
      20111214-15
  • [Presentation] Illustration of Cowling channel coupling to the shear Alfven wave2011

    • Author(s)
      吉川顕正
    • Organizer
      第35回極域宙空圏シンポジウム
    • Place of Presentation
      国立極地研究所
    • Year and Date
      20111114-18
  • [Presentation] New method for describing the Cowling channel coupling to the FAC system via shear Alfven wave: Conjugate Hall current analysis2011

    • Author(s)
      吉川顕正
    • Organizer
      地球電磁気・地球惑星圏学会, 第130回総会・講演会
    • Place of Presentation
      神戸大学六甲第2キャンパス
    • Year and Date
      20111103-06
  • [Presentation] A new method for describing the Cowling channel coupling to the FAC system via shear Alfven wave: Conjugate Hall current analysis2011

    • Author(s)
      Yoshikawa A.
    • Organizer
      Workshop on Physical Processes in Non-Uniform Finite Magnetospheric Systems-50 Years of Tamao's Resonant Mode Coupling Theory -
    • Place of Presentation
      Nishijin plaza, Fukuoka, Japan
    • Year and Date
      20110912-15
  • [Presentation] A new method for describing the Cowling channel coupling to the FAC system via shear Alfven wave: Conjugate Hall current analysis2011

    • Author(s)
      吉川顕正
    • Organizer
      NICT/STEL共催2011年度中間圏・熱圏・電離圏(MTI)研究集会
    • Place of Presentation
      九州大学箱崎キャンパス
    • Year and Date
      20110829-31
  • [Presentation] Principle of Geomagnetism, ISWI/MAGDAS school on Litho-Space Weather2011

    • Author(s)
      Yoshikawa A
    • Organizer
      RedeemersUniversity
    • Place of Presentation
      Lagos, Nigeria
    • Year and Date
      20110814-19
  • [Presentation] Geomagnetic Disturbances, ISWI/MAGDAS school on Litho-Space Weather2011

    • Author(s)
      Yoshikawa A
    • Organizer
      RedeemersUniversity
    • Place of Presentation
      Lagos, Nigeria
    • Year and Date
      20110814-19
  • [Presentation] Cowling チャンネル研究からみた二次元電離圏ポテンシャルソルバーの留意点2010

    • Author(s)
      吉川顕正
    • Organizer
      GEMSIS-太陽、磁気圏、電離圏ワークショップ2010:ジオスペースにおける多圏間相互作用と高エネルギー粒子生成・消滅機構
    • Place of Presentation
      名鉄犬山観光ホテル
    • Year and Date
      20101226-27
  • [Presentation] Cowling チャンネル研究の展開2010

    • Author(s)
      吉川顕正
    • Organizer
      名古屋大学太陽地球環境研究所研究集会,「欧州非干渉性レーダー 研究集会」
    • Place of Presentation
      情報通信研究機構 小金井本部国際会議室
    • Year and Date
      20101206-08
  • [Presentation] 磁気圏電離圏結合系に於ける電流キャリア遷移過程を考慮した電気伝導度モデリングとその帰結,地球電磁気2010

    • Author(s)
      吉川 顕正, 中溝 葵, 魚住 禎司,田中 良昌, 大谷 晋一
    • Organizer
      地球惑星圏学会,第128回総会・講演会
    • Place of Presentation
      沖縄県市町村自治会
    • Year and Date
      20101030-1103
  • [Presentation] On the Harang- discontinuity typeionospheric potential field deformation derived from the multi- functional ionospheric potential solver2010

    • Author(s)
      Yoshikawa A., and S Ohtani
    • Organizer
      Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting
    • Place of Presentation
      Taipei, Taiwan
    • Year and Date
      20100622-25
  • [Presentation] Formation of Cowling Channel through the Inductive MI-Coupling Process2010

    • Author(s)
      Yoshikawa A., O Amm, H Vanhamaki, and R Fujii
    • Organizer
      Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting
    • Place of Presentation
      Taipei, Taiwan.
    • Year and Date
      20100622-25
  • [Presentation] 多機能型電離圏ポテンシャルソルバーによって導出された電離圏対流変形の要因分離:ハラング連続性の考察2010

    • Author(s)
      吉川 顕正
    • Organizer
      日本地球惑星連合2010年大会
    • Place of Presentation
      千葉県幕張メッセ
    • Year and Date
      20100522-27
  • [Presentation] Alfven波をつうじたMI結合系でのCowling-channelの形成2010

    • Author(s)
      吉川 顕正
    • Organizer
      日本地球惑星連合2010年大会
    • Place of Presentation
      千葉県幕張メッセ
    • Year and Date
      20100522-27
  • [Presentation] Formation of Cowling Channel through the MI-Coupling Process via Shear Alfven Wave2010

    • Author(s)
      Yoshikawa A., O Amm and R Fujii
    • Organizer
      EGU meeting
    • Place of Presentation
      Vienne, Austria
    • Year and Date
      20100502-08
  • [Presentation] Hall Conjugate Analysis for extraction of Cowling Channel2010

    • Author(s)
      Yoshikawa A
    • Organizer
      FMI-Invitation seminar, 3 Sept., FMI
    • Place of Presentation
      Helsinki, Finland
    • Year and Date
      20100000
  • [Presentation] Generalized Cowling Channel in the global ionosphere2010

    • Author(s)
      Yoshikawa A
    • Organizer
      FMI-Invitation seminar, 20 Aug., FMI
    • Place of Presentation
      Helsinki, Finland
    • Year and Date
      20100000
  • [Presentation] 電流キャリア遷移過程を考慮した電気伝導度発展方程式の考察2010

    • Author(s)
      吉川顕正
    • Organizer
      第34回極域宙空圏シンポジウム
    • Year and Date
      2010-12-02
  • [Presentation] 低高度MHD擾乱からのCowling-channel抽出手法の開発2009

    • Author(s)
      吉川顕正
    • Organizer
      The 33rd Symposium on Space and Upper Atmospheric Sciences in the Polar Regions
    • Place of Presentation
      国立極地研究所
    • Year and Date
      20091112-13

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