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Pre-onset auroral signatures and subsequent development of substorm auroras: a development of ionospheric loop currents at the onset latitudes |
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O. Saka, K. Hayashi, M. Thomsen |
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Englisch
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0992-7689
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In: Annales Geophysicae ; 32, no. 8 ; Nr. 32, no. 8 (2014-08-22), S.1011-1023 |
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250121098
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/angeo-32-1011-2014.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| Substorm auroras observed on 17 January 1994 were localized within the field
of view of an all-sky imager installed at Dawson City (DWS, 65.7°
ILAT). In association with the enhancement of the anti-sunward convection in
the polar cap and the ion flux enhancement in 1–6 keV at geosynchronous
altitudes, a wave-like structure propagating equatorward to the onset
latitudes with a high wave number in azimuth (m ~ 76,
T ~ 120 s) was observed 30 min prior to the activation in the
equatorward latitudes. The activation of the auroras in the equatorward
latitudes and the subsequent poleward expansion lasted for approximately
6 min until a diffuse aurora formed. The auroras in the last 6 min were
isolated and localized within the field of view of DWS, from 400 km west to
400 km east, and accompanied the magnetic pulse at the optical station. The
magnetic pulse is interpreted by the propagating ionospheric current loop
with a size comparable to the isolated auroras (~ 1000 km). We
conclude that the wave-like structures in the pre-onset interval relate to
the intrusion of the plasma-sheet plasmas from the tail by the convection.
The plasmas from the tail eventually developed the ionospheric loop currents
at the onset latitudes, in association with the triggering of the bead-like
rippling of auroras and subsequent breaking out from the onset
latitudes. |
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