On the Temporal Variability of High-Altitude Reflection Potential Structures (HARPS)

IF 4.6 1区 地球科学 Q1 GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Alex Glocer, Glyn A. Collinson, Rachel Conway, Aroh Barjatya, Robert Michell, Shaosui Xu, David Mitchell, Ellen Robertson, Dennis Chornay, George Khazanov
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High Altitude Reflection Potential Structures (HARPS) with typical magnitudes of a few tens of volts have been frequently detected above Earth's sunlit polar cap. They are thought to be electrostatic structures forming between 1 to several Earth radii in altitude. Previous satellite studies have been unable to probe the temporal variability of their magnitude owing to their fast motion through the region of observation. In this study, we present a ${\sim} $ 10 min time series of observations of HARPS from NASA's Endurance sounding rocket. These observations were made from a spatially localized region, enabling the first experimental investigation of the temporal variability of HARPS. The magnitude of the potential drop was found to vary unexpectedly rapidly between 15.5 and 23.7 V on a time cadence of 10 ${\le} 10$ s. We additionally find an inverse correlation between polar rain precipitating flux and reflection potential magnitude, consistent with predictions from prior theoretical work.

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Geophysical Research Letters
Geophysical Research Letters 地学-地球科学综合
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9.00
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9.60%
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1588
审稿时长
2.2 months
期刊介绍: Geophysical Research Letters (GRL) publishes high-impact, innovative, and timely research on major scientific advances in all the major geoscience disciplines. Papers are communications-length articles and should have broad and immediate implications in their discipline or across the geosciences. GRLmaintains the fastest turn-around of all high-impact publications in the geosciences and works closely with authors to ensure broad visibility of top papers.
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