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FYS3610 Introduction Lasse Clausen lasse.clausen@fys.uio.no Outline Technicalities Kristian Birkeland Sun-Earth connection, northern lights Space weather impact 4DSpace research initiative Student opportunities


  1. FYS3610 – Introduction Lasse Clausen lasse.clausen@fys.uio.no

  2. Outline • Technicalities • Kristian Birkeland • Sun-Earth connection, northern lights • Space weather impact • 4DSpace research initiative • Student opportunities 8/23/2016 2

  3. Technicalities • Website • List of participants • Project work – Pick a date from the list – Groups of two – 10-15 pages – Due by 27 November 2016 • Exams 8/23/2016 3

  4. Overview over lectures Week Topic Keywords Curriculum 34 Introduction, plasma basics Gyration, 1st order drifts, magnetic mirror, loss cone BSPP Ch. 2 PESE Ch. 5.3 35 Magnetohydrodynamics Particle distribution function, Vlasow equation, MHD equations, BSSP Chs. 1.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.5, 7.3 magnetic reconnection, Debye length, plasma frequency 36 The Sun Internal structure, atmospheric layers, dynamics PESE Ch 3.1 lecture 37 Solar wind Properties, Parker model, Parker spiral, sectoring & current sheets, PESE Chs. 6.1 & 6.2 radial dependence 38 Structure of the terrestrial Internal magnetic field, spherical harmonic expansion, dipole PESE Chs. 5.2, 6.4, 6.5 magnetosphere description, Chapman-Ferraro current, tail current 39 Structure of the ionosphere Ionization profile, D-, E-, F-layer, dynamics PESE Chs. 3.2, 4.1-4.4 40 Structure of the atmosphere Composition ,thermal structure, Ozone & UV radiation PESE Chs. 2.2 & 2.3 41 Midterm exam 42 Open magnetosphere Dungey cycle, corotation, convection, ECPC BSSP 5.2-5.4 43 Ionospheric conductivity and currents Pedersen/Hall conductivities, collision frequencies/mobilities, BSSP 4.2, 4.4 region 1/2 currents PESE 7.2 7.3 44 Substorms and aurora Generation of aurora, proton aurora, substorm phenomenology BSSP 5.6 PESE 7.4, 8.1 45 Plasma interactions with other planets Interaction with unmagnetized bodies, radiation belts Lecture 46 Instrumentation Incoherent & coherent scatter radars, magnetometers, all-sky Lecture imagers 47 Reports, repitition 8/23/2016 4 48 Exam

  5. Kristian Birkeland (1867-1917) • The ”first auroral physicist” • Professor at 31 years old • Experiment + Theory = Innovation (60 patents) • Fixation of Nitrogen – gave birth to Norsk Hydro/Yara - a world leading fertilizer company • After three expeditions in 1902- 1903 he concluded that northern lights are associated with currents floating along magnetic field lines – The Birkeland currents 8/23/2016 5

  6. The Terrella (1901) 8/23/2016 6

  7. The Terrella (2015) 8/23/2016 7

  8. The Terrella 8/23/2016 8

  9. Birkeland currents Birkeland currents 8/23/2016 9

  10. The auroral oval 8/23/2016 10

  11. Norway’s fortunate location 8/23/2016 11

  12. Buuuh! 8/23/2016 12

  13. Living with a star We live in the extended atmosphere of a variable star – the Sun 8/23/2016 13

  14. Dynamic Sun • The Sun also has a magnetic field • Sun spots occur in pairs connected by magnetic field lines 8/23/2016 14

  15. Sun-Earth interaction 8/23/2016 15

  16. Sun-Earth interaction 8/23/2016 16

  17. Sun-Earth interaction 8/23/2016 17

  18. Sun-Earth interaction 8/23/2016 18

  19. Sun-Earth interaction 8/23/2016 19

  20. Sun-Earth interaction 8/23/2016 20

  21. Sun-Earth interaction 8/23/2016 21

  22. Sun-Earth interaction 8/23/2016 22

  23. Sun-Earth interaction 8/23/2016 23

  24. Sun-Earth interaction 8/23/2016 24

  25. Sun-Earth interaction 8/23/2016 25

  26. Sun-Earth interaction 8/23/2016 26

  27. Birkeland currents 8/23/2016 27

  28. Earth’s atmosphere 8/23/2016 28

  29. The auroral oval 8/23/2016 29

  30. Aurora on other planets 8/23/2016 30

  31. Halloween storm, October 2003 8/23/2016 31

  32. Halloween storm, October 2003 • Aircrafts communication systems at HF/VHF suffered severe degradation and periods (over 130 hours) of blackout • Trans-polar flights were re-routed to avoid radiation hazards • More than 20 satellites were affected; one Japanese satellite lost • Astronauts on ISS had to move into service module for radiation protection • FAA issued first-ever alert on radiation doses received by airplane passengers above 25,000 ft • Power system failure in Malmo, Sweden (30 October) • US Coast Guard to temporarily shut down LORAN C navigation system • WAAS service interrupted over US; high-latitude GPS receiver outages 8/23/2016 32

  33. Ionospheric impact 8/23/2016 33

  34. Ionospheric impact 8/23/2016 34

  35. Ionospheric impact 8/23/2016 35

  36. Similar example 8/23/2016 36

  37. Similar example 8/23/2016 37

  38. Space weather • Ionospheric irregularities produce fluctuations in radio waves, called Signal emitted by satellite scintillations • Severe amplitude fading and strong phase scintillation affect the reliability of GPS systems and satellite communications. Scintillations at the receiver The scintillations occur mainly at polar, auroral and equatorial regions; more frequently around the solar maxima 8/23/2016 38

  39. Space weather impact Seismic offset=180?m Offset reference point 200? m Centre of first group 100m Distance rope Centre of source 40?m Distance rope 100m 100m 50m Distance rope 100m Distance rope 100m Geo Pacific, Fugro-Geoteam AS Preliminary Streamer setup 8/23/2016 39

  40. ICI rocket 8/23/2016 40

  41. ICI so far ICI 1 - 2003: failed ICI 2 - 05/12/2008: Success! ICI 3 - 01/12/2011: Success! ICI 4 - 19/02/2014: Success! ICI 5 - Winter 2016 All rockets launched from Svalbard (except ICI 4 from Andenes) 8/23/2016 41

  42. CubeSTAR – a space weather satellite UiO’s Langmuir probe concept: m-NLP (Multiple Needle Langmuir Probes) Achieve meter resolution instead km resolution of electron density structures i 2  2 I  2 N e K  V v 8/23/2016 42

  43. NORSAT 1 8/23/2016 43

  44. UiO in space • Cluster • Rosetta • Bepi-Colombo • ICI series of sounding rockets • CubeSTAR • NORSAT 1 • Student rockets 8/23/2016 44

  45. Study on Svalbard 8/23/2016 45

  46. CaNoRock 8/23/2016 46

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