Computer Science
Scientific paper
Dec 2009
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Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, Volume 49, Issue 6, pp.703-711
Computer Science
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The characteristics of dayside auroras during the large (16-24 nT) positive values of the IMF B z component, observed on January 14, 1988, during the interaction between the Earth's magnetosphere and the body of the interplanetary magnetic cloud, have been studied based on the optical observations on Heiss Island. A wide band of diffuse red luminosity with an intensity of 1-2 kilorayleigh (kR) was observed during 6 h in the interval 1030-1630 MLT at latitudes higher than 75° CGL. Rayed auroral arcs, the brightness of which in the 557.7 nm emission sharply increased to 3-7 kR in the postnoon sector immediately after the polarity reversal of the IMF B y component from positive to negative, were continuously registered within the band. Bright auroral arcs were observed at the equatorward edge of red luminosity. It has been found out that the red auroral intensity increases and the band equatorward boundary shifts to lower latitudes with increasing solar wind dynamic pressure. However, a direct proportional dependence of the variations in the auroral features on the dynamic pressure variations has not been found. It has been concluded that the source of bright discrete auroras is located in the region of the low-latitude boundary layer (LLBL) on closed geomagnetic field lines. The estimated LLBL thickness is ˜3 R e . It has been concluded that the intensity of the dayside red band depends on the solar wind plasma density, whereas the position of the position equatorward boundary depends on the dynamic pressure value and its variations.
Vorobjev Vyacheslav G.
Yagodkina Oksana I.
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