EGU24-14568, updated on 09 Mar 2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-14568
EGU General Assembly 2024
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Magnetosheath turbulence and intermittency at Venus, Earth and Mars observed during space weather events

Marius M. Echim1,4, Luciano Rodriguez2, Giovanni Lapenta3, Daria Shukhobodskaia2, Harikrishnan Aravindakshan3, Eliza Teodorescu4, and Costel Munteanu4
Marius M. Echim et al.
  • 1Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Brussels, Belgium (marius.echim@oma.be)
  • 2Solar–Terrestrial Centre of Excellence – SIDC, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium
  • 3Departement Wiskunde, KU Leuven, Belgium
  • 4Institute of Space Science, Măgurele, Romania

We investigate the effects of space weather events on the properties of turbulence and intermittency detected in the magnetosheath of Venus and Mars and compare with properties detected  in the Earth’s magnetosheath when impacted by the same interplanetary event. We select two Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejection (ICME) events in 2012 which hit Venus and Earth and one ICME in 2018 which hit Earth and Mars. We use magnetic field and plasma data  provided by Venus Express, Cluster, MMS and MAVEN on which we apply a full set of analysis methods including computation of  Power Spectral Density (PSD), Probability Density Functions (PDFs) and the flatness. We compare the spectral index and the intermittent range of scales (where we observe scale dependent/increasing flatness) obtained for the non-magnetized planets with the same turbulence descriptors obtained for the Earth. We also compare planetary magnetosheath turbulence and intermittency  properties observed during space weather events with quiet times results, for each planetary system.

How to cite: Echim, M. M., Rodriguez, L., Lapenta, G., Shukhobodskaia, D., Aravindakshan, H., Teodorescu, E., and Munteanu, C.: Magnetosheath turbulence and intermittency at Venus, Earth and Mars observed during space weather events, EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 Apr 2024, EGU24-14568, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-14568, 2024.