Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron Wave Triggering by Solar Wind Dynamic Pressure Enhancements at Multiple Locations

Electromagnetic Ion cyclotron (EMIC) waves are one of the key plasma waves which play a critical role in the magnetosphere by interacting with charged particles. One of the generation mechanisms of EMIC waves is magnetospheric compression due to impact of enhanced solar wind dynamic pressure Pdyn. With the multi-satellite (the Van Allen Probes and two GOES satellites) observations in the inner magnetosphere and ground-based magnetometers, we examine two EMIC wave events that are triggered by Pdyn enhancements under prolonged northward IMF quiet time preconditions. For both events, the impact of enhanced Pdyn causes EMIC waves at multiple points. However, we find a strong spatial dependence of EMIC wave triggering and the accompanied wave properties. For Event 1, a satellite near noon observes no dramatic EMIC waves. In contrast, three other satellites are situated at a nearly same dawn side zone but at slightly different L shells and see notable EMIC waves but in different frequencies relative to local ion gyrofrequencies. These waves are found inside or outer edge of the plasmasphere. For Event 2, the satellites are situated at three different MLT zones, late afternoon-dusk, early evening-pre-midnight, and post-midnight, when they see the triggered EMIC waves. They are again found at different frequencies relative to local ion gyrofrequencies, and all outside the plasmasphere. Furthermore, the triggered EMIC waves for both events are observed from high-latitude ground stations in Antarctica. The results in this work imply that triggering of EMIC waves by enhanced Pdyn can occur at multiple points but with different wave properties, which must be due to different local plasma and magnetic conditions.