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Linear vs nonlinear methods for detecting magnetospheric and ionospheric current systems patterns
Language
English
Obiettivo Specifico
2A. Fisica dell'alta atmosfera
Status
Published
JCR Journal
JCR Journal
Title of the book
Issue/vol(year)
7/7 (2020)
Publisher
Wiley Agu
Pages (printed)
e2019EA000559
Issued date
2020
Abstract
There is a growing interest in the development of models and methods of analysis aimed to recognize in the geomagnetic field signals the different contributions coming from the various sources both internal and external to the Earth. Many models describing the geomagnetic field of internal and external origin have been developed. Here, we investigate the possibility to recognize in the magnetic field of external origin the different contributions coming from external sources. We consider the measurements of the vertical component of the geomagnetic field recorded by the ESA Swarm A and B satellites at low‐ and mid‐latitude during a geomagnetically quiet period. We apply two different methods of analysis: a linear method, i.e., the Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF), and a nonlinear one, i.e., the Multivariate Empirical Mode Decomposition (MEMD). Due to the high nonlinear behavior of the different external contributions to the magnetic signal the MEMD seems to recognize better than EOF the main intrinsic modes capable of describing the different magnetic spatial structures embedded in the analyzed signal. By applying the MEMD only 5 modes and a residue are necessary to recognize the different contributions coming from the external sources in the magnetic signal against the 26 modes that are necessary in the case of the EOF. This study is an example of the potential of the MEMD to give new insights into the analysis of the geomagnetic field of external origin and to separate the ionospheric signal from the magnetospheric one in a simple and rapid way.
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