Global observations of a SAR arc

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Sep 1982

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982georl...9..961c&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 9, Sept. 1982, p. 961-964.

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Photometers, Red Arcs, Satellite Observation, Data Reduction, Dynamics Explorer 1 Satellite, Geomagnetism, Magnetic Storms, Satellite-Borne Instruments, Scanners

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A description is presented of the first results from observations of a stable auroral red (SAR) arc with the global auroral imaging instrumentation on board Dynamics Explorer (DE) 1. This instrumentation includes three spin-scan imaging photometers and a data control unit. The last visible-wavelength imaging sequence prior to onset of the geomagnetic storm begins at 0517 UT on October 20, 1981. An auroral substorm is observed in progress two orbits later, and as the substorm subsides and the diffuse aurora retreats poleward a narrow band of 630-nm emissions is observed at latitudes previously occupied by the aurora. This band is detected at 630 nm only, and is identified as the first optical observation of the SAR arc with DE 1. The third orbit of observations commences at 0830 UT on October 21 with the arc remaining visible across the nightside of earth. No visual signature of the SAR arc is detected during the sixth orbit.

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