SAPS-associated explosive brightening on the dusk-side: A new type of onset-like disturbance: A new type of onset-like disturbance
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States). Center for Nonlinear Studies (CNLS)
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, MD (United States)
Quasi-periodic energetic particle injections have been observed at geosynchronous orbit on the dusk-side during a steady magnetospheric convection event. Here, we examine high resolution auroral imager data and ground magnetometer data associated with the first of these injections and conclude that it was not associated with classical substorm signatures. It is proposed that these injections are caused by the explosive non-linear growth of a shear-flow-ballooning instability in the region where sub-auroral polarization streams (SAPS) also occur. It is suggested that interchange will occur preferentially in the low-conductivity SAPS region since the magnetic Richardson number is lowest there and the āline-tyingā effect will also be least stabilizing there. We also propose that the observed particle injection signatures and auroral morphology constitute a new type of SAPS-associated explosive āonset-likeā disturbance that can occur during intervals of strong convection.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396; ATM-0202303
- OSTI ID:
- 1412861
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-17-24956; TRN: US1800379
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Geophysical Research. Space Physics, Vol. 123, Issue 1; ISSN 2169-9380
- Publisher:
- American Geophysical UnionCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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