N. Partamies, Bas Dol, Vincent Teissier, L. Juusola, M. Syrjäsuo, Hjalmar Mulders
{"title":"Auroral breakup detection in all-sky images by unsupervised learning","authors":"N. Partamies, Bas Dol, Vincent Teissier, L. Juusola, M. Syrjäsuo, Hjalmar Mulders","doi":"10.5194/angeo-42-103-2024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-42-103-2024","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. Due to a large number of automatic auroral camera systems on the ground, image data analysis requires more efficiency than what human expert visual inspection can provide. Furthermore, there is no solid consensus on how many different types or shapes exist in auroral displays. We report the first attempt to classify auroral morphological forms by an unsupervised learning method on an image set that contains both nightside and dayside aurora. We used 6 months of full-colour auroral all-sky images captured at a high-Arctic observatory on Svalbard, Norway, in 2019–2020. The selection of images containing aurora was performed manually. These images were then input into a convolutional neural network called SimCLR for feature extraction. The clustered and fused features resulted in 37 auroral morphological clusters. In the clustering of auroral image data with two different time resolutions, we found that the occurrence of 8 clusters strongly increased when the image cadence was high (24 s), while the occurrence of 14 clusters experienced little or no change with changes in input image cadence. We therefore investigated the temporal evolution of a group of eight “active aurora” clusters. Time periods for which this active aurora persisted for longer than two consecutive images with a maximum cadence of 6 min coincided with ground-magnetic deflections, and their occurrence was found to maximize around magnetic midnight. The active aurora onsets typically included vortical auroral structures and equivalent current patterns typical for substorms. Our findings therefore suggest that our unsupervised image clustering method can be used to detect auroral breakups in ground-based image datasets with a temporal accuracy determined by the image cadence.\u0000","PeriodicalId":50777,"journal":{"name":"Annales Geophysicae","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140657864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of solar cycle on the non-linearity of the relationship between the solar wind parameters and geomagnetic conditions","authors":"Sanni Hoilijoki, Emilia Kilpua, Adnane Osmane, Lucile Turc, Mikko Savola, Veera Lipsanen, Harriet George, Milla Kalliokoski","doi":"10.5194/angeo-2024-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-2024-3","url":null,"abstract":"<strong>Abstract.</strong> Solar wind and its transients drive the dynamics of Earth’s magnetosphere. Interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) induce the largest variations in the near-Earth space, but significant geomagnetic activity can also be driven by high-speed streams (HSSs) and stream interaction regions (SIRs). Solar wind – magnetosphere interaction may lead to fluctuations in the inner magnetosphere and, hence, impact the electrons in the outer radiation belt. In this study, we use mutual information from information theory to study the change in the statistical dependence between solar wind parameters and inner magnetospheric indices including ultra low frequency (ULF) waves in the Pc5 range and electrons in the outer radiation belt during solar cycle 23 (1998–2008). Unlike Pearson correlation coefficient, mutual information can be used to investigate non-linear statistical dependencies between different parameters. We calculate linear and non-linear correlation coefficients separately for each year during solar cycle 23 and define the non-linearity with the ratio between the linear and non-linear correlation coefficients. We find that the non-linearity between solar wind speed and electron flux index is higher during solar maximum when most of the geomagnetic activity is driven by ICMEs, while the non-linearity decreases during the declining phase, when a larger portion of the geomagnetic activity is driven by HSSs and SIRs. On the other hand, IMF <em>B<sub>z</sub></em> and solar wind electric field <em>E</em><sub><em>y</em> </sub>= <em>V<sub>sw</sub>B<sub>z</sub></em> have smaller non-linearity with the geomagnetic indices during time periods of stronger geomagnetic activity. To investigate further if the change of the ratio of ICMEs and SIRs/HSSs as the driver of geomagnetic activity is the possible cause of the changes in the non-linearity during the solar cycle, we calculate the correlation coefficients separately during ICMEs, HSSs/SIRs and quiet solar wind. We find that non-linearity for solar wind speed and inner magnetospheric electron flux and ULF wave indices is smallest and correlations (both linear and non-linear) highest and therefore, the non-linearity is the lowest during the quiet time, while other studied solar wind parameters correlate better either during HSSs or ICMEs. These results show that the selected time period (phase of the solar cycle, dominant driver of the geomagnetic activity during the selected time) for the correlation analysis can significantly impact the results. Results also indicate that during ICMEs the solar wind – magnetosphere coupling becomes more non-linear for the majority of the studied solar wind–magnetospheric index parameter pairs (velocity, density, dynamic pressure) but IMF <em>B<sub>z</sub></em> and solar wind electric field <em>E</em><sub><em>y</em> </sub>= <em>V<sub>sw</sub>B<sub>z</sub></em> have smaller non-linearity during time periods of stronger geomagnetic activity.","PeriodicalId":50777,"journal":{"name":"Annales Geophysicae","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140799559","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Substorm Signatures in the Dayside Magnetosphere","authors":"Sanjay Kumar, Tuija I. Pulkkinen","doi":"10.5194/egusphere-2024-1113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-1113","url":null,"abstract":"<strong>Abstract.</strong> We investigate variations in the position of the magnetopause in response to the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF), and different phases of magnetospheric substorms. The average location of magnetopause is examined using magnetic field observations from multiple satellites (THEMIS, RBSP, and MMS), and the Shue model utilizing OMNI solar wind data for a period of five years from 2016–2020. We estimate average position of the magnetopause using Shue model through superposed epoch analysis of standoff distance and tail flaring angle at different substorm timings (onset, peak and end) and from in-situ measurements through 2D equatorial maps of average Δ <em>B<sub>Z</sub></em> under IMF |<em>B<sub>z</sub></em>|> 0 conditions. Our findings reveal the occurrence of substorms during both northward and southward IMF orientations and highlight an earthward movement of the magnetopause during substorm onset and peak, followed by a relaxation during the substorm end time, for both northward and southward IMF orientations. Notably, the magnetopause undergoes significant compression and reaches its closest point to the Earth during instances of strong southward IMF (<em>B<sub>Z</sub></em> < -5), particularly during the substorm peak. The empirical model provides accurate estimation of the magnetopause location during periods of both strong northward and southward IMF |<em>B<sub>z</sub></em>|>5, as the model curve traverses a distinct location (Δ <em>B<sub>Z </sub></em>= 0) representing the magnetopause shown in the 2D average map of Δ <em>B<sub>Z</sub></em>.","PeriodicalId":50777,"journal":{"name":"Annales Geophysicae","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140612247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Niklas Grimmich, Ferdinand Plaschke, Benjamin Grison, Fabio Prencipe, Christophe Philippe Escoubet, Martin Owain Archer, Ovidiu Dragos Constantinescu, Stein Haaland, Rumi Nakamura, David Gary Sibeck, Fabien Darrouzet, Mykhaylo Hayosh, Romain Maggiolo
{"title":"The Cluster spacecraft's view of the motion of the high-latitude magnetopause","authors":"Niklas Grimmich, Ferdinand Plaschke, Benjamin Grison, Fabio Prencipe, Christophe Philippe Escoubet, Martin Owain Archer, Ovidiu Dragos Constantinescu, Stein Haaland, Rumi Nakamura, David Gary Sibeck, Fabien Darrouzet, Mykhaylo Hayosh, Romain Maggiolo","doi":"10.5194/egusphere-2024-1087","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-1087","url":null,"abstract":"<strong>Abstract.</strong> The boundary between the interplanetary magnetic field and the terrestrial magnetic field is the magnetopause. This magnetopause is influenced by dynamic changes in the solar wind, that is different solar wind conditions lead to a change in the shape and location of the magnetopause. The interaction between the solar wind and the magnetosphere can be studied from in-situ spacecraft observations. Many studies focus on the equatorial plane, as this is where recent spacecraft constellations such as THEMIS or MMS operate. However, to fully capture the interaction, it is important to study the high latitude regions as well. The Cluster spacecraft allow us to collect a dataset of high-latitude magnetopause crossings and study magnetopause motion in this region, as well as deviations from established magnetopause models. We use multi-spacecraft analysis tools to investigate the direction of magnetopause motion in the high latitudes and compare the occurrence of crossings at different locations with the result in the equatorial plane. We find that the high-latitude magnetopause motion is generally consistent with previously reported values and seems to be more often associated with a closed magnetopause boundary. We show that on average the magnetopause moves faster inwards than outwards. Furthermore, the occurrence of magnetopause positions beyond those predicted by the Shue et al. (1998) model at high latitudes is found to be caused by the similar solar wind parameters as in the equatorial plane. Finally, we highlight the importance of the dipole tilt angle at high latitudes. Our results may be useful for the interpretation of plasma measurements from the upcoming SMILE mission (Branduardi-Raymont et al., 2018), as this spacecraft will also fly frequently through the high-latitude magnetopause.","PeriodicalId":50777,"journal":{"name":"Annales Geophysicae","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140596227","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Deep temporal convolutional networks for F10.7 radiation flux short-term forecasting","authors":"Luyao Wang, Hua Zhang, Xiaoxin Zhang, Guangshuai Peng, Zheng Li, Xiaojun Xu","doi":"10.5194/angeo-42-91-2024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-42-91-2024","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. F10.7, the solar flux at a wavelength of 10.7 cm (F10.7), is often used as an important parameter input in various space weather models and is also a key parameter for measuring the strength of solar activity levels. Therefore, it is valuable to study and forecast F10.7. In this paper, the temporal convolutional network (TCN) approach in deep learning is used to predict the daily value of F10.7. The F10.7 series from 1957 to 2019 are used. The data during 1957–1995 are adopted as the training dataset, the data during 1996–2008 (solar cycle 23) are adopted as the validation dataset, and the data during 2009–2019 (solar cycle 24) are adopted as the test dataset. The leave-one-out method is used to group the dataset for multiple validations. The prediction results for 1–3 d ahead during solar cycle 24 have a high correlation coefficient (R) of 0.98 and a root mean square error (RMSE) of only 5.04–5.18 sfu. The overall accuracy of the TCN forecasts is better than the autoregressive (AR) model (it only takes past values of the F10.7 index as inputs) and the results of the US Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) forecasts, especially for 2 and 3 d ahead. In addition, the TCN model is slightly better than other neural network models like the backpropagation (BP) neural network and long short-term memory (LSTM) network in terms of the solar radiation flux F10.7 forecast. The TCN model predicted F10.7 with a lower root mean square error, a higher correlation coefficient, and a better overall model prediction.","PeriodicalId":50777,"journal":{"name":"Annales Geophysicae","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140596099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Devin Huyghebaert, Björn Gustavsson, Juha Vierinen, Andreas Kvammen, Matthew Zettergren, John Swoboda, Ilkka Virtanen, Spencer Hatch, Karl M. Laundal
{"title":"Interferometric Imaging with EISCAT_3D for Fine-Scale In-Beam Incoherent Scatter Spectra Measurements","authors":"Devin Huyghebaert, Björn Gustavsson, Juha Vierinen, Andreas Kvammen, Matthew Zettergren, John Swoboda, Ilkka Virtanen, Spencer Hatch, Karl M. Laundal","doi":"10.5194/egusphere-2024-802","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-802","url":null,"abstract":"<strong>Abstract.</strong> The 233 MHz EISCAT_3D radar system currently under construction in northern Fennoscandia will be able to resolve ionospheric structures smaller than the transmit beam dimensions through the use of interferometric imaging. This capability is made possible by the modular design and digitisation of the 119 91-antenna panels located at the main Skibotn site. The main array consists of a cluster of 109 panels, with 10 outlier panels producing unique interferometry baselines. In the present study synthesized incoherent scatter radar signal measurements are used for interferometric imaging analysis with the EISCAT_3D system. The Geospace Environment Model of Ion-Neutral Interactions (GEMINI) model is used to simulate a Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in the cusp region at 50 m resolution to obtain plasma parameters which are then used to generate the synthetic data. The ionospheric data is forward propagated to the EISCAT_3D array, noise is added to the synthetic data, and then an inversion of the data is performed to reconstruct the incoherent scatter spectra at relatively fine scales. By using Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) with Tikhonov regularization it is possible to pre-calculate the inversion matrix for a given range and look direction, with the regularization value scaled based on the SNR. The pre-calculation of the inversion matrix can reduce computational overhead in the imaging solution. This study provides a framework for data processing of ion-line incoherent scatter radar spectra to be imaged on fine-scales. Furthermore, with more development it can be used to test experimental set-ups and to design experiments for EISCAT_3D by investigating the needed integration time for various signal-to-noise ratios, beam patterns and ionospheric conditions.","PeriodicalId":50777,"journal":{"name":"Annales Geophysicae","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140313443","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Izabela Pawlak, Anna Odzimek, Daniel Kępski, Jose Tacza
{"title":"Analysis of diurnal, seasonal and annual variations of fair weather atmospheric potential gradient at reduced number concentration of condensation nuclei from long-term measurements at Świder, Poland","authors":"Izabela Pawlak, Anna Odzimek, Daniel Kępski, Jose Tacza","doi":"10.5194/angeo-2024-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-2024-1","url":null,"abstract":"<strong>Abstract.</strong> The ground-level atmospheric potential gradient (PG) has been measured with a radioactive collector method in Stanisław Kalinowski Geophysical Observatory in Świder (52.12° N, 21.23° E), Poland, for several decades. Long-term measurements analysed previously revealed rather typical behaviour in the diurnal and seasonal variations of the PG of a land station controlled by pollution. Observation of the potential gradient at such a station usually show a maximum at local winter months which are mostly affected by anthropogenic pollution. The 1965–2005 series has been newly analysed to describe the Świder PG variations in greater detail, also in connection with an analysis of simultaneous measurements of condensation nuclei measured at 6, 12, 18 UT. An attempt is made to calculate the diurnal and seasonal variations at condensation nuclei number concentrations below 10000 cm<sup>-3</sup>. There is a decrease of the PG in the diurnal variation by up to 11 % in the winter, and no significant change in the summer. The reduction in the annual variation is 11–26 % with the biggest difference in February. In the summer months, this difference is negligible. Such differences can be predicted with a simplified model of electrical conductivity including the aerosol composition of water soluble and soot particles, the main components of continental aerosol. With this model we obtained changes in the conductivity and the PG in up to 30 % in the winter, and 6 % in the summer. Despite the efforts to minimise the aerosol effect on the PG, the character of the PG seasonal and annual variation preserves its character with a maximum in the Northern Hemisphere winter and the minimum in the summer.","PeriodicalId":50777,"journal":{"name":"Annales Geophysicae","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140069886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Scalar-potential mapping of the steady-state magnetosheath model","authors":"Yasuhito Narita, Daniel Schmid, Simon Toepfer","doi":"10.5194/angeo-42-79-2024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-42-79-2024","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. The steady-state magnetosheath model has various applications for studying the plasma and magnetic field profile around the planetary magnetospheres. In particular, the magnetosheath model is analytically obtained by solving the Laplace equation for parabolic boundaries (bow shock and magnetopause). We address the question, how can we utilize the magnetosheath model by transforming into a more general, empirical, non-parabolic magnetosheath geometry? To achieve the goal, we develop the scalar-potential mapping method which provides a semi-analytic estimate of steady-state flow velocity and magnetic field in the empirical magnetosheath domain. The method makes use of a coordinate transformation from the empirical magnetosheath domain into the parabolic magnetosheath domain and evaluates a set of variables (shell variable and connector variable) to utilize the solutions of the Laplace equation obtained for the parabolic magnetosheath domain. Our model uses two invariants of transformation: the zenith angle within the magnetosheath with respect to the direction to the Sun and the ratio of the distance to the magnetopause and the thickness of magnetosheath along the magnetopause-normal direction. The use of magnetopause-normal direction makes a marked difference from the earlier model construction using the radial direction as reference. The plasma flow and magnetic field can be determined as a function of the upstream condition (flow velocity or magnetic field) in a wide range of zenith angles. The scalar-potential mapping method is computationally inexpensive, using analytic expressions as much as possible, and is applicable to various planetary magnetosheath domains.","PeriodicalId":50777,"journal":{"name":"Annales Geophysicae","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140056676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Climatological comparison of polar mesosphere summer echoes over the Arctic and Antarctica at 69°","authors":"Ralph Latteck, Damian J. Murphy","doi":"10.5194/angeo-42-55-2024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-42-55-2024","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. Polar mesosphere summer echoes (PMSE) have been observed for more than 30 years with 50 MHz VHF radars at various locations in the Northern Hemisphere. Continuous observation of PMSE is conducted on the northern Norwegian island of Andøya (69.3° N) using the ALWIN radar (1999–2008) and MAARSY (since 2010). The same kind of PMSE measurements began in 2004 in the Southern Hemisphere with the Australian Antarctic Division's VHF radar at Davis Station in Antarctica (68.6° S), which is at an opposite latitude to Andøya. Since the radars at both sites are calibrated, the received echo strength of PMSE from more than 1 decade of mesospheric observations on both hemispheres could be converted to absolute signal power, allowing for direct comparison of the measurements. Comparison of PMSE observations obtained at both radar sites during a period of 23 boreal summers (Andøya) and 15 austral summers (Davis) shows that their PMSE signal strengths are of the same order of magnitude, but significantly fewer PMSE are observed in the Southern Hemisphere than in the Northern Hemisphere. Compared to Andøya, the PMSE season over Davis starts about 7 d later on average and ends 9 d earlier, making it 16 d shorter. PMSE over Davis occur less frequently but with greater variability in seasonal, diurnal, and altitudinal occurrence. For example, PMSE over Davis reach maximum altitudes about 1.5 km higher than those over Andøya.","PeriodicalId":50777,"journal":{"name":"Annales Geophysicae","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140009988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hadi Madanian, Troy Hesse, Firdevs Duru, Marcin Pilinski, Rudy Frahm
{"title":"Ionospheric density depletions around crustal fields at Mars and their connection to ion frictional heating","authors":"Hadi Madanian, Troy Hesse, Firdevs Duru, Marcin Pilinski, Rudy Frahm","doi":"10.5194/angeo-42-69-2024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-42-69-2024","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. Mars' ionosphere is formed through ionization of the neutral atmosphere by solar irradiance, charge exchange, and electron impact. Observations by the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft have shown a highly dynamic ionospheric layer at Mars impacted by loss processes including ion escape, transport, and electron recombination. The crustal fields at Mars can also significantly modulate the ionosphere. We use MAVEN data to perform a statistical analysis of density depletions of ionospheric species (O+, O2+, and electrons) around crustal fields. Events mostly occur when the crustal magnetic fields are radial, outward, and with a mild preference towards east in the planetocentric coordinates. We show that events near crustal fields are typically accompanied by an increase in suprathermal electrons within the depletion, either throughout the event or as a short-lived electron beam. However, no correlation between the changes in the bulk electron densities and suprathermal electron density variations is observed. Our analysis indicates that the temperature of the major ionospheric species, O2+, increases during most of the density depletion events, which could indicate that some ionospheric density depletions around crustal fields are a result of ion frictional heating.","PeriodicalId":50777,"journal":{"name":"Annales Geophysicae","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140010101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}