Bursts of HF radio noises after irregularities of solar wind Original Research Article

We present analyses of HF radio emission spectra of magnetospheric origin, at frequencies of 150 and 500 MHz, collected with ground-based antennae at middle latitudes (L=2) during the second half of 1999. We discover a large occurrence of short-time-scale (1–10 s) sporadic radio bursts during active solar periods. To identify the source of these bursts, we associate their occurrence and perform correlations with solar wind parameters and energetic particle fluxes in interplanetary space and in the outer magnetosphere. Solar wind parameters and energetic ion fluxes in interplanetary space are provided by the ACE satellite. GOES8 and GOES10 satellites provide electron fluxes with energy E>2 MeV at geosynchronous orbit. These data are analyzed in order to show a correlation between particle fluxes and high amplitude radio bursts. There is a delay between the initiations of high-amplitude, short-term, sporadic radio bursts (at a frequency 150 MHz) and the arrival of high-speed solar wind streams at Earthʹs magnetosphere. The temporal delay of a few hours from the start of these features in the temporal distribution of electron fluxes at L=6.6 is shown, too. We suggest the possibility that the sources of radio bursts are located in the inner parts of magnetosphere.