Emission of O I(630 nm) in proton aurora

Details Emission of O I(630 nm) in proton aurora Emission of O I(630 nm) in proton aurora

Jan 2001

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001jgr...106..141l&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 106, Issue A1, p. 141-148

Physics

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Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Airglow And Aurora, Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Thermosphere-Energy Deposition, Ionosphere: Particle Precipitation, Magnetospheric Physics: Auroral Phenomena

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A red aurora occurred over southern Canada and central Maine on April 11, 1997, producing a brightness of O I(630 nm) of several Kilorayleighs, which lasted for several hours. Two passes of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F12 satellite occurred during this time, and optical data were obtained from four CEDAR Optical Tomographic Imaging Facility (COTIF) sites. The DMSP F12 particle spectrometers observed proton precipitation south of the electron aurora with energy fluxes of several mW m-2. Tomographic inversion of the COTIF optical observations gives the altitude profile of emissions along a magnetic meridian. We combine all available data using an ionospheric auroral model. Our analysis shows that the model produces the observed auroral brightness from the proton precipitation alone.

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