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Sato, N., Wright, D.M., Ebihara, Y., Sato, M., Murata, Y., Doi, H., Saemundsson, T., Milan, S.E., Lester, M. and Carlson, C.W. (2002). Direct comparison of pulsating aurora observed simultaneously by the FAST satellite and from the ground at Syowa. Geophysical Research Letters 29: doi: 10.1029/2002GL015615. issn: 0094-8276. |
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We have made a direct comparison of a pulsating aurora observed simultaneously from the ground at Syowa in Antarctica and onboard the FAST satellite (~3100 km altitude). The auroral form appeared as east-west-aligned bands consisting of two different types: a poleward moving pulsation and a standing mode pulsation, each with a period of ~5 sec. The aurora occurs within the region of an inverted-V structure of lower energy (0.1--1 keV) electron precipitation. The two different types of pulsating aurora are separated in space by a narrow gap in the inverted-V potential structure. Spatial and temporal variations of the down-going high-energy (>5 keV) electron flux show a one-to-one correspondence with the optical pulsating aurora. The down-going high-energy (1--10 keV) ion flux modulation is out of phase (anti-correlated) with the high-energy electron flux modulation. These features suggest that the precipitating high-energy electrons, which produce the pulsating aurora, are modulated by the oscillation of the field-aligned electric field located above FAST. |
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Keywords
Ionosphere, Auroral ionosphere, Ionosphere, Ionosphere/magnetosphere interactions, Ionosphere, Particle precipitation, Magnetospheric Physics, Energetic particles, precipitating |
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American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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