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Morioka et al. 2003
Morioka, A., Miyoshi, Y., Seki, T., Tsuchiya, F., Misawa, H., Oya, H., Matsumoto, H., Hashimoto, K., Mukai, T., Yumoto, K. and Nagatsuma, T. (2003). AKR disappearance during magnetic storms. Journal of Geophysical Research 108: doi: 10.1029/2002JA009796. issn: 0148-0227.

It is well known that auroral kilometric radiation (AKR) is intensified during substorms and has a good correlation with AE index. In the case of the magnetic storms, however, AKR characteristics have not been investigated. In this paper we report unexpected behavior of the storm-time AKR and its related particle precipitation: (1) AKR often disappears in the initial and main phases of the magnetic storms in spite of the large enhancement of AE index and field-aligned current; (2) At that time, the energy spectra of precipitating electrons do not show signature of the field-aligned acceleration but hot electron injection; (3) The radiation activates strongly in the recovery phase; and (4) AKR tends to disappear in larger storms. These results suggest that the field-aligned electric field which accelerates precipitating electrons and drives field-aligned currents is not formed in the initial and main phases of magnetic storms.

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Keywords
Magnetospheric Physics, Auroral phenomena, Magnetospheric Physics, Storms and substorms, Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetosphere/ionosphere interactions, Magnetospheric Physics, Electric fields
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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