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2021 |
Recently, citizen scientist photographs led to the discovery of a new auroral form called “the dune aurora” which exhibits parallel stripes of brighter emission in the green diffuse aurora at about 100 km altitude. This discovery raised several questions, such as (i) whether the dunes are associated with particle precipitation, (ii) whether their structure arises from spatial inhomogeneities in the precipitating fluxes or in the underlying neutral atmosphere, and (iii) whether they are the auroral manifestation of an atmospheric wave called a mesospheric bore. This study investigates a large-scale dune aurora event on 20 January 2016 above Northern Europe. The dunes were observed from Finland to Scotland, spanning over 1,500 km for at least 4 h. Spacecraft observations indicate that the dunes are associated with particle precipitation and reveal the presence of a temperature inversion layer below the mesopause during the event, creating suitable conditions for mesospheric bore formation. The analysis of a time lapse of pictures by a citizen scientist from Scotland leads to the estimate that, during this event, the dunes propagate toward the west-southwest direction at about 200 m s−1, presumably indicating strong horizontal winds near the mesopause. These results show that citizen science and dune aurora studies can fill observational gaps and be powerful tools to investigate the least-known region of near-Earth space at altitudes near 100 km. Grandin, Maxime; Palmroth, Minna; Whipps, Graeme; Kalliokoski, Milla; Ferrier, Mark; Paxton, Larry; Mlynczak, Martin; Hilska, Jukka; Holmseth, Knut; Vinorum, Kjetil; , others; Published by: AGU Advances Published on: YEAR: 2021   DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020AV000338 |
2020 |
Particle precipitation is a central aspect of space weather, as it strongly couples the magnetosphere and the ionosphere and can be responsible for radio signal disruption at high Grandin, Maxime; Turc, Lucile; Battarbee, Markus; Ganse, Urs; Johlander, Andreas; Pfau-Kempf, Yann; Dubart, Maxime; Palmroth, Minna; Published by: Journal of space weather and space climate Published on: YEAR: 2020   DOI: 10.1051/swsc/2020053 |
2019 |
Particle precipitation plays a key role in the coupling of the terrestrial magnetosphere and ionosphere by modifying the upper atmospheric conductivity and chemistry, driving field-aligned currents, and producing aurora. Yet quantitative observations of precipitating fluxes are limited, since ground-based instruments can only provide indirect measurements of precipitation, while particle telescopes aboard spacecraft merely enable point-like in situ observations with an inherently coarse time resolution above a given location. Further, orbit timescales generally prevent the analysis of whole events. On the other hand, global magnetospheric simulations can provide estimations of particle precipitation with a global view and higher time resolution. We present the first results of auroral (∼1–30 keV) proton precipitation estimation using the Vlasiator global hybrid-Vlasov model in a noon–midnight meridional plane simulation driven by steady solar wind with a southward interplanetary magnetic field. We first calculate the bounce loss-cone angle value at selected locations in the simulated nightside magnetosphere. Then, using the velocity distribution function representation of the proton population at those selected points, we study the population inside the loss cone. This enables the estimation of differential precipitating number fluxes as would be measured by a particle detector aboard a low-Earth-orbiting (LEO) spacecraft. The obtained differential flux values are in agreement with a well-established empirical model in the midnight sector, as are the integral energy flux and mean precipitating energy. We discuss the time evolution of the precipitation parameters derived in this manner in the global context of nightside magnetospheric activity in this simulation, and we find in particular that precipitation bursts of <1 min duration can be self-consistently and unambiguously associated with dipolarising flux bundles generated by tail reconnection. We also find that the transition region seems to partly regulate the transmission of precipitating protons to the inner magnetosphere, suggesting that it has an active role in regulating ionospheric precipitation. Grandin, Maxime; Battarbee, Markus; Osmane, Adnane; Ganse, Urs; Pfau-Kempf, Yann; Turc, Lucile; Brito, Thiago; Koskela, Tuomas; Dubart, Maxime; Palmroth, Minna; Published by: Published on: YEAR: 2019   DOI: 10.5194/angeo-37-791-2019 |
2017 |
Far-ultraviolet observations of Ganymede s atmospheric emissions were obtained with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) onboard of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST Alday, Juan; Roth, Lorenz; Ivchenko, Nickolay; Retherford, Kurt; Becker, Tracy; Molyneux, Philippa; Saur, Joachim; Published by: Planetary and Space Science Published on: YEAR: 2017   DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2017.10.006 |
2012 |
Comparison of penetration electric fields created by the solar wind with Jicamarca data using SWAGE SWAGE (Solar Wind Acting on the Geophysical Environment) calculates the global ionospheric electric field generated by high-latitude electrodynamics drivers determined from the time-shifted solar wind data measured at L1 by joining the Hill-Siscoe polar cap potential model with the N-C ionospheric potential solver. Of particular interest are the conditions under which the eastward equatorial penetration electric field near twilight contributes to the pre-reversal enhancement (PRE). In the present model, it is found that a steeper terminator conductance gradient leads to a more pronounced PRE. The model is statistically consistent with the Jicamarca vertical drift data at twilight during quiet times for eighty-two days in the years 1998\textendash2005. The model is also consistent with the Jicamarca vertical drift data during the November 2004 magnetic superstorms (Dst\ \< -250 nT) and highlights the importance of including the LT dependence of the ionospheric response. In this comparison, disturbance dynamo (DD) effects are also included. Comparison is much better using the conductance model with a shallower terminator gradient and indicates that the conductance LT profile was relatively unchanged throughout the storms. Rothwell, P.; Jasperse, J.; Grossbard, N.; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research Published on: 09/2012 YEAR: 2012   DOI: 10.1029/2012JA017684 |
2009 |
Park, J.; Lühr, H.; Stolle, C.; Rother, M.; Min, K.; Michaelis, I.; Published by: Annales Geophysicae Published on: Jan-01-2009 YEAR: 2009   DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-2685-2009 |
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