Observed correlations between interplanetary magnetic field variations and the dynamics of the auroral oval and the high-latitude ionosphere

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Dec 1974

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Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 79, Dec. 1, 1974, p. 5129-5142.

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Auroral Zones, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Ionospheric Sounding, Magnetic Variations, Upper Ionosphere, Airborne Equipment, Aircraft Performance, Explorer 35 Satellite

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Flights of the flying ionospheric laboratory investigated the day sector of the auroral oval under conditions of darkness. Airborne all-sky cameras and a vertical incidence ionospheric sounder were used to follow the time history of the equatorward boundary of the auroral oval and the F layer irregularity zone (Fliz). In the geomagnetic day sector the Fliz and the discrete auroras are most probably produced by precipitation of particles through the cusp. Meridional motions of the equatorward boundary of the auroral oval and the Fliz were observed to correspond to variations in the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF). Time delays of about 10-30 min between a southward turning of the IMF, measured by Explorer 35 at 60 RE, and the beginning of an equatorward shift of the oval and the Fliz are typical. We can show that equatorward shifts of the auroral oval can occur over a broad longitudinal (local time) extent. Therefore the size of the auroral oval has a direct dependence on the IMF.

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