Planar Structures in the Solar Wind and Their Effect on the Magnetosphere

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dc.contributor.advisorJackel, Brian J.
dc.contributor.authorCameron, Taylor Grant
dc.contributor.committeememberBrown, Jo C.
dc.contributor.committeememberCully, Christopher M.
dc.contributor.committeememberHobill, David W.
dc.contributor.committeememberKnudsen, David J.
dc.contributor.committeememberRidley, Aaron J.
dc.date2019-11
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-20T15:04:48Z
dc.date.available2019-09-20T15:04:48Z
dc.date.issued2019-09-18
dc.description.abstractThis thesis is comprised of three studies which all concern implications of planar structuring in the solar wind. The first study presents a statistical comparison of various methods of determining solar wind phase front orientation for use in time-shifting solar wind data from the first Earth-Sun Lagrange point (L1) to the bowshock. It is found that the well known constrained minimum variance (MVAB-0) method is the best performing method for determining phase front orientation. The second study investigates using a 1.5 dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) numerical model oriented along the average phase front orientation as an alternative to time-shifting. The model is found to perform better than traditional time-shifting during times of sudden solar wind velocity changes. The third and final study investigates the effects of solar wind phase front orientation on magnetospheric activity using information theory. It is found that phase fronts oriented in the average Parker spiral orientation during times when the interplanetary magnetic field points northward (IMF Bz > 0) are more geoeffective than would otherwise be expected.en_US
dc.identifier.citationCameron, T. G. (2019). Planar Structures in the Solar Wind and Their Effect on the Magnetosphere (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/37085
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/111020
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher.facultyScienceen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.en_US
dc.subjectMagnetosphereen_US
dc.subjectSolar Winden_US
dc.subjectTime-shiftingen_US
dc.subjectPlasma Physicsen_US
dc.subjectSpace Physicsen_US
dc.subject.classificationAtmospheric Scienceen_US
dc.subject.classificationElectricity and Magnetismen_US
dc.titlePlanar Structures in the Solar Wind and Their Effect on the Magnetosphereen_US
dc.typedoctoral thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplinePhysics & Astronomyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgaryen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)en_US
ucalgary.item.requestcopytrueen_US
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