Physics
Scientific paper
Aug 1976
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976jgr....81.3771m&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 81, Aug. 1, 1976, p. 3771-3780. Research supported by the Lockheed Independent Research P
Physics
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All Sky Photography, Auroral Zones, Electron Precipitation, Monochromatic Radiation, Proton Precipitation, Chronophotography, Night Sky, Plasma Layers, Polar Substorms, Real Time Operation
Scientific paper
An all sky-imaging system capable of fast monochromatic imaging at very low light levels is described. The system allows real time display of regions of proton precipitation and of soft and hard electron precipitation in the auroral zone. Sample data illustrate various auroral types previously classified from photometric data and or from particle data from satellites. Time-lapse film throughout an entire night shows the position and intensity of plasma sheet precipitation, superposition of a harder electron aurora, the relative positions of proton aurora and diffuse aurora, and the changing character of the aurora as a function of local time and substorm activity. These patterns are discussed in terms of the substorm injection boundary model (McIlwain, 1974).
Eather Robert H.
Mende Stephen B.
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