The SAR arc event observed during the December 1971 magnetic storm

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Dec 1975

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975jgr....80.4591m&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 80, Dec. 1, 1975, p. 4591-4597.

Physics

Auroral Zones, Ionospheric Composition, Magnetic Storms, Red Arcs, F Region, Midlatitude Atmosphere, Polar Regions, Satellite Observation, Solar Activity Effects

Scientific paper

Observations from five separate experiments on the Isis 2 spacecraft are used to study the atmosphere/ionosphere during the magnetic storm of December 16-20, 1971. The data are most complete in the midlatitude region, permitting a study of the SAR arc (subauroral red arc) which developed during the night of December 17-18. Ion composition and temperature, electron temperature, electron-density height profiles from the spacecraft to the F region, and the intensity of the 6300-A oxygen emission are all presented for the region of interest. It is found that the H(+) concentration had sharp gradients near the SAR arc and that the plasma temperature was significantly enhanced over typical nighttime values, reaching nearly 7000 K at 1400 km on the field line which intersected the arc. A system of time-dependent equations for atmospheric/ionospheric composition and temperature is solved using boundary conditions which were selected so that the solutions are in agreement with the observations. From these solutions, an assessment is made of the influence of (1) the efflux of plasma from the ionosphere to the magnetosphere, (2) the decrease in O/N2 at the turbopause, (3) the increase in the loss coefficient as a result of an increase in the vibrational temperature of N2, and (4) the conduction of thermal energy into the ionosphere.

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