Equatorward and poleward expansion of the auroras during auroral substorms

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Apr 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993jgr....98.5743n&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 98, no. A4, p. 5743-5759.

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Auroras, Earth Magnetosphere, Magnetic Storms, Spatial Resolution, Temporal Resolution

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The formation of the auroral bulge is investigated on the basis of all-sky TV auroral data with high spatial and temporal resolution. Ways in which the discrete auroral structures within the poleward expanding bulge develop systematically toward the west, the east, and also equatorward from a localized breakup region are shown. Auroral structure at the western end of the bulge (a surge) develops with clockwise rotation as viewed along the magnetic field direction. At the eastern part of the bulge, thin auroral features propagate eastward from the breakup region. Around the central meridian of the bulge, auroral features expand equatorward and become north-south aligned (the N-S aurora). The N-S aurora and the eastward propagating aurora develop into diffuse and pulsating aurora after the expansion. It is suggested that these discrete auroral structures in the bulge develop along the plasma streamlines in a localized distorted two-cell equipotential distribution.

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