scholarly journals Coincidence of the ion precipitation boundary with the HF E region backscatter boundary in the dusk-midnight sector of the auroral oval

2002 ◽  
Vol 29 (8) ◽  
pp. 97-1-97-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. T. Jayachandran ◽  
J. W. MacDougall ◽  
J.-P. St-Maurice ◽  
D. R. Moorcroft ◽  
P. T. Newell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Auroral Oval ◽  
Precipitation Boundary ◽  
E Region

scholarly journals On the relation between ionospheric parameters and sunspot number

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Hall ◽  
Magnar Gullikstad Johnsen
Keyword(s):  
Solar Activity ◽  
Change Point ◽  
Critical Frequency ◽  
Auroral Oval ◽  
Change Points ◽  
Observation Site ◽  
F Region ◽  
Critical Frequency Fof2 ◽  
E Region ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractIn a recent study, mid-latitude ionospheric parameters were compared with solar activity; it was suggested that the relationship between these, earlier assumed stable, might be changing with time (Lastovicka, 2019). Here, the information is extended to higher latitude (69.6°N, 19.2E) and further back in time. For the ionospheric F-region (viz. the critical frequency, FoF2) the same behaviour is seen with a change-point around 1996. For the ionospheric E-region (viz. the critical frequency, foE), change-points are less obvious than in the mid-latitude study, presumably owing to the observation site lying under the auroral oval.

scholarly journals SuperDARN E-region backscatter boundary in the dusk-midnight sector – tracer of equatorward boundary of the auroral oval

2002 ◽  
Vol 20 (12) ◽  
pp. 1899-1904 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. T. Jayachandran ◽  
E. F. Donovan ◽  
J. W. MacDougall ◽  
D. R. Moorcroft ◽  
J.-P. St. Maurice ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Flux ◽  
Proton Energy ◽  
Auroral Oval ◽  
Ionospheric Irregularities ◽  
Auroral Ionosphere ◽  
Particle Precipitation ◽  
Equatorward Boundary ◽  
E Region ◽  
Proton Aurora

Abstract. We compare the locations of the equatorward boundaries of SuperDARN E-region backscatter and Hb  emissions, focusing on the dusk-midnight sector of the auroral oval where the proton aurora is statistically located equatorward of the discrete electron aurora. We show that, whenever both boundaries can be simultaneously identified, they are coincident. Our result complements earlier studies, which demonstrated the correspondence between the DMSP b2i boundary and both the equatorward boundary of the proton auroral oval (Donovan et al., 2002), and the equatorward boundary of SuperDARN E-region echoes (Jayachandran et al., 2002). Further, our result shows that, provided there is sufficient precipitating proton energy flux, the SuperDARN radars can be used to monitor the equatorward edge of the proton auroral oval.Key words. Ionosphere (auroral ionosphere; particle precipitation; ionospheric irregularities)

scholarly journals Estimating the location of the open-closed magnetic field line boundary from auroral images

2010 ◽  
Vol 28 (9) ◽  
pp. 1659-1678 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Longden ◽  
G. Chisham ◽  
M. P. Freeman ◽  
G. A. Abel ◽  
T. Sotirelis
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Field Line ◽  
Magnetic Field Line ◽  
Gaussian Function ◽  
Auroral Oval ◽  
Polar Cap ◽  
Automated Method ◽  
Precipitation Boundary ◽  
Far Ultraviolet ◽  
Auroral Luminosity

Abstract. The open-closed magnetic field line boundary (OCB) delimits the region of open magnetic flux forming the polar cap in the Earth's ionosphere. We present a reliable, automated method for determining the location of the poleward auroral luminosity boundary (PALB) from far ultraviolet (FUV) images of the aurora, which we use as a proxy for the OCB. This technique models latitudinal profiles of auroral luminosity as both a single and double Gaussian function with a quadratic background to produce estimates of the PALB without prior knowledge of the level of auroral activity or of the presence of bifurcation in the auroral oval. We have applied this technique to FUV images recorded by the IMAGE satellite from May 2000 until August 2002 to produce a database of over a million PALB location estimates, which is freely available to download. From this database, we assess and illustrate the accuracy and reliability of this technique during varying geomagnetic conditions. We find that up to 35% of our PALB estimates are made from double Gaussian fits to latitudinal intensity profiles, in preference to single Gaussian fits, in nightside magnetic local time (MLT) sectors. The accuracy of our PALBs as a proxy for the location of the OCB is evaluated by comparison with particle precipitation boundary (PPB) proxies from the DMSP satellites. We demonstrate the value of this technique in estimating the total rate of magnetic reconnection from the time variation of the polar cap area calculated from our OCB estimates.

scholarly journals AIM-E: E-Region Auroral Ionosphere Model

Atmosphere ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 748
Author(s):  
Vera Nikolaeva ◽  
Evgeny Gordeev ◽  
Tima Sergienko ◽  
Ludmila Makarova ◽  
Andrey Kotikov
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Reaction Rates ◽  
Auroral Oval ◽  
Auroral Zone ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Radio Waves ◽  
Ionosphere Model ◽  
High Latitude Region ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
E Region

The auroral oval is the high-latitude region of the ionosphere characterized by strong variability of its chemical composition due to precipitation of energetic particles from the magnetosphere. The complex nature of magnetospheric processes cause a wide range of dynamic variations in the auroral zone, which are difficult to forecast. Knowledge of electron concentrations in this highly turbulent region is of particular importance because it determines the propagation conditions for the radio waves. In this work we introduce the numerical model of the auroral E-region, which evaluates density variations of the 10 ionospheric species and 39 reactions initiated by both the solar extreme UV radiation and the magnetospheric electron precipitation. The chemical reaction rates differ in more than ten orders of magnitude, resulting in the high stiffness of the ordinary differential equations system considered, which was solved using the high-performance Gear method. The AIM-E model allowed us to calculate the concentration of the neutrals NO, N(4S), and N(2D), ions N+, N2+, NO+, O2+, O+(4S), O+(2D), and O+(2P), and electrons Ne, in the whole auroral zone in the 90‒150 km altitude range in real time. The model results show good agreement with observational data during both the quiet and disturbed geomagnetic conditions.

scholarly journals Influence of uncertainties of the empirical models for inferring the E-region electric fields at the dip equator

2016 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliano Moro ◽  
Clezio Marcos Denardini ◽  
Laysa Cristina Araújo Resende ◽  
Sony Su Chen ◽  
Nelson Jorge Schuch
Keyword(s):  
Electric Fields ◽  
Empirical Models ◽  
E Region ◽  
Dip Equator

scholarly journals Equatorial E Region Electric Fields and Sporadic E Layer Responses to the Recovery Phase of the November 2004 Geomagnetic Storm

2017 ◽  
Vol 122 (12) ◽  
pp. 12,517-12,533 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Moro ◽  
L. C. A. Resende ◽  
C. M. Denardini ◽  
J. Xu ◽  
I. S. Batista ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Geomagnetic Storm ◽  
Electric Fields ◽  
Recovery Phase ◽  
E Region ◽  
Sporadic E Layer ◽  
Sporadic E

A.E. Nordenski and the auroral oval

Eos ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 63 (26) ◽  
pp. 553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuomo Nygrén ◽  
Johan Silén
Keyword(s):  
Auroral Oval
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