Interaction between ELF‐VLF emissions and magnetic pulsations: Quasi‐periodic ELF‐VLF emissions associated with Pc 3–4 magnetic pulsations and their geomagnetic conjugacy

Abstract

The characteristics of quasi‐periodic (QP) ELF‐VLF emissions with periods of 10–150 s and their relationships to magnetic pulsations are studied by using data obtained from Syowa and Mizuho Stations in Antarctica and at Husafell in Iceland, which is located near the geomagnetic conjugate point of Syowa. From the coherency analysis between QP emissions and Pc 3–4 magnetic pulsations it is found that the coherency between the D component of magnetic pulsations and the intensity fluctuations of QP's is much higher than that between the H component of magnetic pulsations and QP's. It is also found that the propagation time of magnetic pulsations (HM waves) from the interaction region between magnetic pulsations and QP's in the magnetosphere to the ground is 20–30 s. These properties are observed at conjugate‐pair stations with good conjugacy. The results strongly suggest that QP emissions are modulated by compressional mode Pc 3–4 magnetic pulsations near the equatorial plane in the outer magnetosphere.