Auroral Heating of Plasma Patches Due to High‐Latitude Reconnection

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 to examine the interplay between cold plasma transport and auroral precipitation during a high‐latitude lobe reconnection even...

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Published in:Journal of geophysical research. Space physics 2021-12, Vol.126 (12), p.n/a
Main Authors: Díaz Peña, Joaquín, Semeter, Joshua, Nishimura, Yukitoshi, Varney, Roger, Reimer, Ashton, Hairston, Marc, Zettergren, Matthew, Hirsch, Michael, Verkhoglyadova, Olga, Hosokawa, Keisuke, Shiokawa, Kazuo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Altitude
Cold plasmas
Electron density
Electron precipitation
Heating
In situ measurement
Incoherent scatter radar
Ionospheric dynamics
Latitude
Solar wind
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Summary: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 to examine the interplay between cold plasma transport and auroral precipitation during a high‐latitude lobe reconnection event on the dawn side. Solar wind IMF preceding the event was characterized by an impulsive negative excursion in Bz embedded within a period of Bz > 0 and By 
ISSN:2169-9380
2169-9402
DOI:10.1029/2021JA029657