The temporal evolution of a small auroral substorm as viewed from high altitudes with Dynamics Explorer 1

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Auroral Zones, Dynamics Explorer 1 Satellite, Night Sky, Polar Substorms, Auroral Arcs, Electron Acceleration, Luminosity, Oxygen, Satellite Imagery

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A small auroral substorm is investigated with auroral imaging photometers carried on the spacecraft Dynamics Explorer 1. Initial brightening along the auroral oval and the subsequent westward and poleward motions of intense, localized emission regions are associated with auroral surges. Following substorm onset, another region of less intense emissions is observed to develop at lower latitudes and adjacent to the bright region near local midnight. This second region expands toward the east. The bright zone of auroral emissions associated with the surges is interpreted as the signature of electron acceleration along magnetic field lines threading the boundary layer of the plasma sheet in the magnetotail. The more diffuse, less intense region is identified with eastward-drifting electrons injected into the plasma sheet and ring current following substorm onset. No rapid poleward motion of the discrete aurora is detected during substorm recovery.

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