Space Weather: Overview and Beginnings 10 September 2011 William J. Burke Air Force Research Laboratory/Space Vehicles Directorate Boston College Institute.

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Space Weather: Overview and Beginnings 10 September 2011 William J. Burke Air Force Research Laboratory/Space Vehicles Directorate Boston College Institute for Scientific Research DMSP C/NOFS CRESS

2 Space Weather Overview Near-Earth space is the environment in which the AF conducts expensive operations to advance both national security and scientific understanding about the Earth, our star and the cosmos. Like severe terrestrial weather the space variety comes and goes Solar sources of space climatology and weather: – Extreme ultraviolet radiation maintains & disrupts the ionosphere – Solar wind and interplanetary magnetic field couple to Earth’s magnetic field – Energy storage and transport in the magnetosphere – Geomagnetic storms and Substorms Space weather impacts from an Air Force perspective – Satellite and debris lost in space during magnetic storms – Ionospheric irregularities disrupt communications and navigation – Radiation damage to spacecraft components Google Actual Position Predicted Position

3 Space Weather Course Overview Lecture 1:Overview and Beginnings Lecture 2:Basic Physics (painlessly administered) Lecture 3:The Main Players Lecture 4:Solar Wind Interactions with the Earth’s Magnetic Field Lecture 5:Magnetosphere – Ionosphere Interactions Lecture 6:The Aurorae Lecture 7:Solar Induced Disruptions Lecture 8:Magnetic Storms and Substorms Lecture 9The Satellite Drag Problem Lecture 10:Verbindung (to help make up for your rash decision not to take Wollen Sie Deutch Sprechen?)

4 Space Weather Historical Roots Early Auroral Reports Aristotle: Meterorologia (ca 340 BCE)  Galileo (1610) sunspots, (1619) Aurora borealis Capt. James Cook: (1770) Aurora australis from Endeavor Herman Fritz: (1881) Aurorae occur most commonly ~23° from magnetic poles Early Geomagnetic Disturbance Reports William Gilbert: (1600) de Magnete Edmund Halley: (1716) magnetic disturbances connected to aurora displays. Anders Celsius & Olaf Hiorter: (1741) Magnetic needle experiments Carl Friedrich Gauss: (1834) Göttingen Magnetic Union, (1839) Algemeine Theorie des Erdmagnetismus Aurorae and Geomagnetic Disturbances

5 Space Weather Historical Roots The remainder of this discussion concerns the seminal contributions of two Norwegians to present under- standing auroral electrodynamics Kristian Birkeland (1867 – 1917) Prof. of Physics, Royal Frederiks U. of Kristiania Carl Størmer (1874 – 1957) Prof. of Mathematics, Royal Frederiks U. of Kristiania Royal Frederiks University of Kristiania - Founded: Astrophysical Observatory: Domus Media: Blindern Campus: 1934

6 Space Weather Historical Roots 1867: born in Kristiania : High school and university education : Postgraduate Research in France & Germany - published 1 st generalized solution of Maxwell equations - characterized electric sparks (telegraphic applications) - began cathode ray experiments (Röntgenstrahlen) 1897: elected member of The Norwegian Academy 1898: appointed Professor of Physics (by King Oscar II of Sweden) 1917: died in Tokyo 88 scientific papers (more than 50 in Comptes Rendus) 3 books describing his arctic expeditions 60 patents (electromagnetic cannon/artificial fertilizer) Kristian Olaf Bernhard Birkeland

7 Space Weather Historical Roots – Concept: – Experimental Results: – Birkeland’s Interpretation: Energetic electrons (cathode rays ) from the Sun are “sucked” into Earth’s magnetic field and reach the upper atmosphere where they excite optical emissions. – Birkeland’s Terrella Simulations: Cathode rays fired at a magnetized sphere Light emissions surround magnetic pole like aurorae Does interpretation make sense?

8 Space Weather Historical Roots 1897 Campaign to Kåfjord Total disaster in surprise early autumn blizzard, T => -25° C; student severely injured Campaign to Kåfjord – Constructed 2 auroral observatories at tops of Mts. Haldde and Talvik, separated by 2.7 km but connected via telephone line – Measured magnetic perturbations associated with overhead aurora – Separation too small to estimate heights of aurorae by parallax – Student Elisar Boye killed in an avalanche Norwegian Polar Expeditions

9 Space Weather Historical Roots 1902 – 1903 Campaign: 4 Stations: – Supplies, sled dogs and coal – Kåfjord, Norway – Dyrafjord, Iceland – Axeløen, Svalbard – Matotchkin, Novaya Zemlya All stations equipped with: – Magnetometers and calibration sensors – Electrometers to measure atmospheric conductivity and Earth currents – Meteorological sensors to measure P, T and V – All personnel had to have experienced wintering over in the Arctic Norwegian Polar Expeditions Inter-station separation of about 1000 km

10 Space Weather Historical Roots 1902 – 1903 Campaign Results: – Analyzed magnetometer and auroral optical data demonstrated that disturbances span wide regions of the globe and identified characteristics of magnetic storms and substorms. – NAPE volumes 1 and 2 published in 1908 and pages in English – Birkeland calculated that millions of Amperes flow in the upper atmosphere during disturbances. – Argued that such large currents must be driven by Sun and transmitted via field-aligned currents. – After decades of hot debate field-aligned currents first observed by TRIAD satellites in 1967 Norwegian Polar Expeditions

11 Space Weather Historical Roots 1874: born in Skien : High school and university education (1 st publication in HS) : Postgraduate Research in France & Germany - published about 10 paper in pure mathematics 1902: elected member of The Norwegian Academy 1903: appointed Professor of Pure Mathematics 1904: begins particle trajectory in magnetic dipole calculations 1910, 1913: auroral expeditions to Bossekop 1957: died in Oslo ~ 300 scientific papers (more than 50 in Comptes Rendus) Auroral Atlas (1930, 1934, 1951) and The Polar Aurora (1953) 4 nominations for Nobel Prize in Physics with Kr. Birkeland Fredrik Carl Mülertz Størmer

12 Space Weather Historical Roots Calculated trajectories allowed energetic charged particles in dipole representation of Earth’s magnetic field Enticed by Birkeland’s terrella experiments (1904) Solved trajectories of all possible particles numerically Demonstrated forbidden and allowed regions Cosmic ray access to Earth Van Allen radiation belts Predicted ring current during magnetic storms Størmer's Contributions to Auroral Physics:

13 Space Weather Historical Roots Determined auroral heights classes and locations – With Krogness developed first camera to photograph aurorae – Conducted auroral expeditions to Bossekop in 1910 and 1913 – Developed physical /analytical tools to conduct parallactic measurements of auroral features – Established auroral network in southern Norway Aurorae do not penetrate below 90 km, can reach 1,000 km Align in the magnetic east-west direction Normally near magnetic latitudes of 67° but in storms move to about 57° Størmer's Contributions to Auroral Physics:

14 Space Weather Historical Roots Decades before entry into space European scientist were investigating phenomena that occur in the atmosphere above 100 km that reflect the variability of our space environment Birkeland’s field-aligned current model first suggested how energy from the Sun electrically couples to Earth’s upper atmosphere. Størmer's analysis of allowed particle trajectories anticipated properties cosmic rays and the radiation belts discovered decades later. Størmer's parallactic photography provided the first systematic basis for understanding the structure of the upper atmosphere. Some Conclusions