{"title":"A Critical Core Size for Dynamo Action at the Galilean Satellites","authors":"K. T. Trinh, C. J. Bierson, J. G. O’Rourke","doi":"10.1029/2024GL110680","DOIUrl":"10.1029/2024GL110680","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Ganymede is the only known moon with an active dynamo. No mission has discovered intrinsic magnetism at the other Galilean satellites: Io, Europa, and Callisto. A dynamo requires a large magnetic Reynolds number, which in turn demands, for these moons, a large metallic core that is cooling fast enough for convection. Here we quantify these requirements to construct a regime diagram for the Galilean satellites. We compute the internal heat fluxes that would sustain a dynamo over the wide ranges of plausible radii for their metallic cores. Below a critical radius, no plausible heat flux will sustain a dynamo. Europa likely sits on the opposite side of this limit than Ganymede and Io. We predict that future missions may confirm a small (or absent) core, meaning that Europa could not sustain a dynamo even if its interior were cooling as quickly as Ganymede's core.</p>","PeriodicalId":12523,"journal":{"name":"Geophysical Research Letters","volume":"51 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2024GL110680","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142665374","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dillon J. Amaya, Michael G. Jacox, Michael A. Alexander, Steven J. Bograd, Liwei Jia
{"title":"Seasonal Upwelling Forecasts in the California Current System","authors":"Dillon J. Amaya, Michael G. Jacox, Michael A. Alexander, Steven J. Bograd, Liwei Jia","doi":"10.1029/2024GL111083","DOIUrl":"10.1029/2024GL111083","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Coastal upwelling plays a vital role in the support and maintenance of productive marine ecosystems throughout the California Current System (CCS). Here, we evaluate upwelling forecast skill using ∼30 years of seasonal reforecasts from four global climate models contributing to the North American Mulitmodel Ensemble (NMME). The models skillfully predict upwelling intensity throughout much of the CCS in boreal winter, and in the South-Central CCS in spring/summer. The models also skillfully predict various aspects of upwelling phenology, including the timing of the spring transition, as well as the total vertical transport integrated over the course of the upwelling season. Climatic sources of forecast skill vary with season, with contributions from the El Niño-Southern Oscillation in winter-spring, and the North Pacific Oscillation and the North Pacific Meridional Mode in the winter-summer. Our results highlight the potential of seasonal climate forecasts to inform management of upwelling-sensitive marine resources.</p>","PeriodicalId":12523,"journal":{"name":"Geophysical Research Letters","volume":"51 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2024GL111083","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142665371","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kuan-Chieh Chen, Chi-Cherng Hong, Chi-Chun Chang, Jun Chiang, Sheng-Hsiang Chang
{"title":"Possible Causes for the Unprecedented Low/High Tropical Cyclone Activities in the Northern Pacific/Atlantic in 2023 El Niño","authors":"Kuan-Chieh Chen, Chi-Cherng Hong, Chi-Chun Chang, Jun Chiang, Sheng-Hsiang Chang","doi":"10.1029/2024GL111964","DOIUrl":"10.1029/2024GL111964","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study reported the unprecedented tropical cyclone (TC) activity in the western North Pacific (WNP) and North Atlantic (NA) during the developing year of the 2023/2024 El Niño. The possible causes behind these unusual features were addressed. In contrast to previous El Niño events, an unusual low/high TC genesis number in the WNP/NA was identified during the typhoon season (June–November) in 2023. Meanwhile, the mean TC genesis location in the WNP exhibited a La Niña-like northwestward shift, rarely observed in an El Niño developing year. An observational diagnosis on TC-genesis-related large-scale dynamics and thermodynamics revealed that the lower/higher TC numbers in the WNP/NA were primarily attributed to an anticyclonic/cyclonic anomaly linked to trans-basin sea surface temperature anomalies in the tropics and extratropics. Additionally, weaker intraseasonal oscillation activity compared to previous El Niños also partially contributed to fewer TCs in the WNP.</p>","PeriodicalId":12523,"journal":{"name":"Geophysical Research Letters","volume":"51 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2024GL111964","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142645893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Substantial Increase in Sub–Daily Precipitation Extremes of Flooding Season Over China","authors":"Yujie Wang, Lianchun Song, Pengke Shen, Yan Yang","doi":"10.1029/2024GL112182","DOIUrl":"10.1029/2024GL112182","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Understanding sub-daily precipitation extremes (SPEs) can provide scientific insights for taking effective measures to mitigate climate risks. Leveraging gauge observations at hourly precipitation in 2,312 meteorological stations and extreme sub-daily precipitation indices (ESPIs), we investigate the changes of SPEs in flooding season of 1971–2022 in China. On country scale, the occurrences and intensity of SPEs have significantly increased and even accelerated since the 21st century, suggesting increases in 2010s by 15%–38% compared with that in 1970s. The SPE risks for 20-year and 50-year return-period increased by 2–4 and 8–20 times in 2001–2022 compared with that in 1971–2000, respectively. Over 80% stations are found to have positive trends in all ESPIs. On regional scale, seven sub-regions experienced significant increases in ESPIs with larger magnitudes in the East China. The enlarged 500-hPa geopotential height, 700-hPa pseudoequivalent potential temperature, 700-hPa specific humidity, saturated vapor pressure and urbanization ratio may be bonded to more SPEs.</p>","PeriodicalId":12523,"journal":{"name":"Geophysical Research Letters","volume":"51 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2024GL112182","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142642818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Neil K. Ganju, John W. Pohlman, Steven E. Suttles, David Brankovits
{"title":"Hydroacoustic Observations Reveal Drivers of Mixing and Salinization of a Karst Subterranean Estuary During Intense Precipitation","authors":"Neil K. Ganju, John W. Pohlman, Steven E. Suttles, David Brankovits","doi":"10.1029/2024GL109993","DOIUrl":"10.1029/2024GL109993","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Karst subterranean estuaries within globally ubiquitous carbonate aquifers are coastal groundwater ecosystems that provide an essential water resource for human populations. To understand the drivers of salinization within a coastal aquifer in the Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico), we employed hydroacoustics in flooded caves to observe how oceanic and atmospheric events facilitate mixing between the meteoric lens (fresh-brackish groundwater) and the saline groundwater on tidal and episodic timescales. Precipitation during Tropical Storm Carlotta increased the flow and salinity of the meteoric lens without evidence for vertical mixing across the halocline. We postulate that vertical migration of haloclines in the conduit relative to those within the rock matrix during precipitation creates lateral density gradients that drive mixing, and ultimately creates a brackish layer within the meteoric lens. These results provide a mechanistic explanation for vertical and lateral exchange in a coastal carbonate aquifer, which has implications for groundwater response to future climatic change.</p>","PeriodicalId":12523,"journal":{"name":"Geophysical Research Letters","volume":"51 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2024GL109993","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142642817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Young Cheol Kim, Christelle Wauthier, Thomas R. Walter
{"title":"Satellite Geodesy Uncovers 15 m of Slip on a Detachment Fault Prior to the 2018 Collapse at Anak Krakatau, Indonesia","authors":"Young Cheol Kim, Christelle Wauthier, Thomas R. Walter","doi":"10.1029/2024GL112296","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL112296","url":null,"abstract":"<p>On 22 December 2018, parts of the Anak Krakatau edifice collapsed, triggering a deadly tsunami. To investigate pre-collapse surface displacements, we analyzed Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite geodetic data from 2006 to 2018, acquired from ALOS-1 (2006–2011), COSMO-SkyMED (2012–2018), and Sentinel-1 (2014–2018). We identified line-of-sight displacements on the southwestern flank throughout the study period. Inversion of COSMO-SkyMED data revealed a rectangular dislocation with a cumulative slip of 12 m from April 2012 to December 2018. Fixing the fault geometry, we found the optimal slip for time periods corresponding to slip rate changes, ranging from 1.2 to 3.1 m/yr. The slip estimates for ALOS-1 and Sentinel-1 data were 0.88 m/yr and 1.1 m/yr, respectively, over their individual time periods. Overall, the detachment fault experienced approximately 15 m of slip from 2006 to 2018 with acceleration and deceleration periods, and a notable acceleration prior to the 2018 collapse.</p>","PeriodicalId":12523,"journal":{"name":"Geophysical Research Letters","volume":"51 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2024GL112296","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142665038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New Late Cretaceous Paleomagnetic Results From the Eastern Qiangtang Terrane: Implications for the Postcollisional Extrusion and Convergence of the Southeastern Tibetan Plateau","authors":"Jiahui Ma, Tianshui Yang, Fei Han, Jiacheng Liang, Xianwei Jiao, Suo Wang, Weiwei Bian, Yiming Ma, Shihong Zhang, Huaichun Wu, Haiyan Li","doi":"10.1029/2024GL112055","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL112055","url":null,"abstract":"<p>To refine the postcollisional extrusion and convergence history of the southeastern Tibetan Plateau, we report a quality paleomagnetic data set from Upper Cretaceous redbeds of the eastern Qiangtang Terrane (QT), where is situated at the front edge of eastern Himalayan Syntaxis. The 32 site-mean directions provide a mean pole at 75.4°N, 176.8°E (A<sub>95</sub> = 2.4°) and a paleolatitude of 31.8 ± 2.4°N for the Mangkang area. Comparison with reliable Late Cretaceous paleomagnetic data from the eastern QT and East Asia indicates that the eastern QT experienced a southward extrusion of 940 ± 310 km after the Late Cretaceous. Comparing Late Cretaceous paleolatitudes estimated from the eastern QT and Lhasa terrane (LT) reveals a paleolatitude difference of 2,390 ± 620 km. Such a great latitudinal convergence can be attributed to the fact that some continental terranes originally located between the eastern LT and QT were laterally extruded after the Late Cretaceous.</p>","PeriodicalId":12523,"journal":{"name":"Geophysical Research Letters","volume":"51 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2024GL112055","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142665037","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ping Zhong, Zhihong Zhong, Meng Zhou, Ye Pang, Liangjin Song, Xiaohua Deng
{"title":"Energy Conversion Associated With Anomalous Magnetic Topology Sublayers in the Inner Low-Latitude Boundary Layer","authors":"Ping Zhong, Zhihong Zhong, Meng Zhou, Ye Pang, Liangjin Song, Xiaohua Deng","doi":"10.1029/2024GL112664","DOIUrl":"10.1029/2024GL112664","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The low-latitude boundary layer (LLBL) is a crucial region for the transfer of mass, momentum, and energy between the solar wind and the planetary magnetosphere. However, the processes of energy conversion within this layer are not well understood. In this study, the anomalous magnetic topology sublayers (AMTSs) within Earth's inner LLBL are investigated during the local reconnection inactive period, using data from the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission. We present the first in situ observations showing that these AMTSs lead to significant energy conversion within the inner LLBL. The electron populations in AMTSs are dominated by either the magnetospheric or magnetosheath populations, creating a substantial electron temperature gradient between these sublayers. This temperature gradient, in turn, generates non-ideal electric fields through the pressure gradient term. Our findings improve the understanding of dynamics in the planetary LLBL, highlighting the importance of AMTSs in the energy conversion process.</p>","PeriodicalId":12523,"journal":{"name":"Geophysical Research Letters","volume":"51 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2024GL112664","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142642866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dongdong Yao, Zhigang Peng, Chang Ding, Eric Sandvol, Tea Godoladze, Gurban Yetirmishli
{"title":"Dynamically Triggered Tectonic Tremors and Earthquakes in the Caucasian Region Following the 2023 Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye, Earthquake Sequence","authors":"Dongdong Yao, Zhigang Peng, Chang Ding, Eric Sandvol, Tea Godoladze, Gurban Yetirmishli","doi":"10.1029/2024GL110786","DOIUrl":"10.1029/2024GL110786","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Deep tectonic tremor has been observed along major subduction zones and several continental strike-slip faults around the Pacific Rim and the Caribbean. However, it has not be widely identified in other tectonically active regions such as the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt yet. Here we present dynamically triggered tremors and microearthquakes in the Caucasian Region following the 2023 Mw 7.8 and Mw 7.5 mainshocks in the 2023 Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye, earthquake sequence. We observe triggered deep tectonic tremors within Azerbaijan, where seismological evidences suggest pre-existing subduction slabs. Meanwhile, we document cases of triggered earthquakes in Azerbaijan and Georgia, and Javakheti highland near the border of Georgia and Armenia. These triggered earthquakes are either associated with mud volcanism or volcanic formations. Our results highlight a variety of responses to dynamic stress perturbations, suggesting high susceptibility to dynamic stress perturbations and a broad spectrum of slip behaviors for critically stressed faults in the Caucasian region.</p>","PeriodicalId":12523,"journal":{"name":"Geophysical Research Letters","volume":"51 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2024GL110786","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142645895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On the Relationship Between the Banded Hiss Distribution and Plasmapause Location: A Survey of Van Allen Probes Observations","authors":"Junhu Dong, Zheng Xiang, Binbin Ni","doi":"10.1029/2024GL111893","DOIUrl":"10.1029/2024GL111893","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The plasmapause is the outer boundary of the plasmasphere and plays a crucial role in the propagation of plasma waves. We statistically investigate the relationship between the distribution of banded hiss and plasmapause locations. Wave power distributions of banded hiss are analyzed in terms of two ways: (a) the distance away from the plasmapause (ΔL) and (b) the equatorial distance away from the Earth. Statistical results show both bands of banded hiss have larger wave powers and occurrence rates near the plasmapause. The frequencies of two banded hiss waves both decrease discernably with increasing L-shell at most magnetic local time sectors and geomagnetic activities, but remain nearly constant with increasing ΔL. The highly consistent distribution suggests both bands may be generated in the plume region. The correlation between banded hiss waves and plasmapause locations sheds new light on the generation mechanisms of banded hiss waves.</p>","PeriodicalId":12523,"journal":{"name":"Geophysical Research Letters","volume":"51 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2024GL111893","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142645897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}