Electromagnetic whistler-mode waves in the plasma environment of the Earth's magnetosphere

Title: Electromagnetic whistler-mode waves in the plasma environment of the Earth's magne- tosphere. Author: Eva Macúšová Department: Department of Surface and Plasma Science Supervisor: Doc. RNDr. Ondřej Santolík, Dr., KFPP Abstract: Results of this doctoral thesis are based on observations provided by the Cluster and Double Star missions. We have determined the variability of the spatio-temporal characte- ristics of chorus-like emissions under dierent geomagnetic conditions from a data set covering almost four years of measurements provided by the equatorial Double Star TC-1 spacecraft. From the TC-1 data set we have also identied the dependence of frequency bandwidths, am- plitudes and occurrence rates of chorus-like emissions on the geomagnetic activity. We have also processed a similar data set from 11 years of Cluster measurements of electric and magnetic elds. This study was focussed on details of the spectral structure of individual chorus wave packets. We have used measurements from the WBD (Wideband) instrument situated onboard all four Cluster spacecraft. We have classied all types of spectral shapes and determined their occurrence rates. We have examined the dependence of chorus frequency drift rate df/dt on the cold plasma density ne and on the dimensionless parameter Q for several selected..