Features of morning-time auroras during SC

Details Features of morning-time auroras during SC Features of morning-time auroras during SC

Apr 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008ge%26ae..48..154v&link_type=abstract

Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, Volume 48, Issue 2, pp.154-164

Physics

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94.20.Ac, 94.30.Aa, Auroral Ionosphere, Auroral Phenomena In Magnetosphere

Scientific paper

The optical observations on Heiss Island and the ion drift measurements on the DMSP F8 satellite were used to study the aurora characteristics and ionospheric convection before and after SC registered at 2330 UT on January 13, 1988. It has been indicated that two zones of luminosity can be distinguished in morning-time auroras during the quiet period before SC: the soft zone with auroral arcs and the harder diffuse auroral zone (equatorward of the first zone). After SC, a gradual smooth activation of auroras in both zones was followed (4-5 min later) by a more abrupt intensification of diffuse luminosity and by the appearance of numerous bright discrete auroras throughout the sky. In the diffuse auroral zone, the variations in the luminosity intensity with a period of 6-7 min were observed after SC. Auroral and geomagnetic field pulsations are closely correlated. During the quiet period before SC, sunward convection was concentrated in the soft precipitation region in the form of jets located in the vicinity of auroral arcs. After SC, considerable sunward convection was observed in the diffuse auroral zone. Peaks of the upward ion drift velocity were registered in the vicinity of auroral arcs.

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