Auroral Heating of Plasma Patches Due to High-Latitude Reconnection

Joaquin Diaz Pena, Joshua Semeter, Yukitoshi Nishimura, Roger Varney, Ashton Reimer, Marc Hairston, Matthew Zettergren, Michael Hirsch, Olga Verkhoglyadova, Keisuke Hosokawa, Kazuo Shiokawa

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Abstract

This study exploits the volumetric sampling capabilities of the Resolute Bay Incoherent Scatter Radar (RISR-N) in collaboration with all-sky imagery and in-situ measurements (DMSP) to examine the interplay between cold plasma transport and auroral precipitation during a high-latitude lobe reconnection event on the dawn side. The IMF had an impulsive negative excursion in B$_z$ embedded within a prolonged period of B$_z>0$ and B$_y

Original languageAmerican English
JournalJournal of Geophysical Research - Space Physics
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 18 2021

Keywords

  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Geophysics
  • Resolute Bay Incoherent Scatter Radar (RISR-N)

Disciplines

  • Atmospheric Sciences

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