Magnetic Pulsations and Transients: The Sun-Earth Connection and Impact on the High Latitude Ionosphere (MAPAT)

Magnetic Pulsations and Transients: The Sun-Earth Connection and Impact on the High Latitude Ionosphere (MAPAT)

Project Summary
The project brings together researchers from 3 different countries (Norway, Russia and France) with the aim of understanding how energy is transferred into the Earth’s upper and middle atmosphere through ULF (Ultra Low Frequency) Waves in the Earth’s magnetic field. The energy source for these waves can be both internal and external to the Earth’s magnetosphere (the protective bubble the Earth sits inside, generated by it’s intenal magnetic field – see figure below). The project will use data from instrumentation across the polar regions, with a specific focus on instruments in Svalbard and Northern Scandinavia. In addition to the research project, new students will be introduced to the topic through mobility grants and course development at UNIS. This project is continuing and expanding upon a research program (AWAT) which ran from 2015 – 2019 (https://www.unis.no/research/arctic-geophysics/awat/)

Contact person: Associate professor Lisa Baddeley