The role of ring current nose events in producing stable auroral red arc intensifications during the main phase: Observations during the September 19--24, 1984, equinox transition study

Kozyra, J U; Chandler, M O; Peterson, W K; Klumpar, D M; Slater, D W; Buonsanto, M J; Carlson, H C

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Title: The role of ring current nose events in producing stable auroral red arc intensifications during the main phase: Observations during the September 19--24, 1984, equinox transition study

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This article reports on a study of the characteristics of stable auroral red (SAR) arcs. These arcs are characterized by 6300-[angstrom] emission which normally appears near F region heights. In particular the authors study observations made in September, 1984. These studies showed that oxygen ion collisions in the ring current were responsible for the recovery phase enhancement of the SAR. Satellite observations showed and enhanced 15 to 25 keV proton component in the ring current during the main phase of the SAR which is responsible for the enhancement during this phase of the event. This enhanced high energy proton flux appears to have come from ion injection into the inner magnetosphere in response to an abrupt change in the electric field across the magnetotail.

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Kozyra, J U ^[1]; Chandler, M O ^[2]; Peterson, W K; Klumpar, D M ^[3]; Slater, D W ^[4]; Buonsanto, M J ^[5]; Carlson, H C ^[6]

Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor (United States)
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL (United States)
Lockheed Palo Alto Research Lab., CA (United States)
Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology, Westford (United States)
Phillips Lab., Hanscom AFB, MA (United States)

Publication Date:: Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993

OSTI Identifier:: 6200401

DOE Contract Number:: AC06-76RL01830

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Journal of Geophysical Research; (United States)

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 98:A6; Journal ID: ISSN 0148-0227

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; AURORAE; EMISSION; ELECTRON-ION COLLISIONS; ENERGY TRANSFER; EARTH MAGNETOSPHERE; F REGION; MAGNETOTAIL; OXYGEN IONS; PROTONS; RING CURRENTS; BARYONS; CHARGED PARTICLES; COLLISIONS; CURRENTS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRON COLLISIONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HADRONS; ION COLLISIONS; IONOSPHERE; IONS; NUCLEONS; PLANETARY IONOSPHERES; 661320* - Auroral, Ionospheric, & Magnetospheric Phenomena- (1992-)

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                    Kozyra, J U, Chandler, M O, Peterson, W K, Klumpar, D M, Slater, D W, Buonsanto, M J, and Carlson, H C. The role of ring current nose events in producing stable auroral red arc intensifications during the main phase: Observations during the September 19--24, 1984, equinox transition study.  United States: N. p., 1993. 
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                    Kozyra, J U, Chandler, M O, Peterson, W K, Klumpar, D M, Slater, D W, Buonsanto, M J, & Carlson, H C. The role of ring current nose events in producing stable auroral red arc intensifications during the main phase: Observations during the September 19--24, 1984, equinox transition study.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1029/92JA02554

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                    Kozyra, J U, Chandler, M O, Peterson, W K, Klumpar, D M, Slater, D W, Buonsanto, M J, and Carlson, H C. 1993.  
        "The role of ring current nose events in producing stable auroral red arc intensifications during the main phase: Observations during the September 19--24, 1984, equinox transition study".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1029/92JA02554.

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  title        = {The role of ring current nose events in producing stable auroral red arc intensifications during the main phase: Observations during the September 19--24, 1984, equinox transition study},

  author       = {Kozyra, J U and Chandler, M O and Peterson, W K and Klumpar, D M and Slater, D W and Buonsanto, M J and Carlson, H C},

  abstractNote = {This article reports on a study of the characteristics of stable auroral red (SAR) arcs. These arcs are characterized by 6300-[angstrom] emission which normally appears near F region heights. In particular the authors study observations made in September, 1984. These studies showed that oxygen ion collisions in the ring current were responsible for the recovery phase enhancement of the SAR. Satellite observations showed and enhanced 15 to 25 keV proton component in the ring current during the main phase of the SAR which is responsible for the enhancement during this phase of the event. This enhanced high energy proton flux appears to have come from ion injection into the inner magnetosphere in response to an abrupt change in the electric field across the magnetotail.},

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  year         = {Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993},

  month        = {Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993}

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