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    Isolated auroral spots observed by DMSP/SSUSI

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    Authors
    Zhou, S.
    Luan, X.
    Pierrard, V.
    Han, D.
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    Discipline
    Physical sciences
    Subject
    isolated auroral spots
    energetic ion precipitation
    energetic electron precipitation
    EMIC waves
    Audience
    Scientific
    Date
    2019
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    This work reports auroral spots event observed by the SSUSI instruments on board the DMSP spacecraft between 22 and 23 July 2009 during the recovery phase of a moderate magnetic storm. The spots were observed between 18:00 and 02:00 magnetic local time and stayed at ~60° magnetic latitude. They lasted for ~10 hr and corotated with ~64% of the Earth's rotational speed. In situ observations indicate that the isolated auroral spots were produced by energetic ions at energies between 10 and 240 keV, with significantly anisotropic electron (30–300 keV) precipitations. It is expected that the energetic ions originate from the ring current and can be scattered by the EMIC waves through cyclotron resonance. The energetic electrons can be precipitated by the nonresonant interaction between the electrons and EMIC waves, which is suggested by previous works.
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    Zhou, S.; Luan, X.; Pierrard, V.; Han, D. (2019). Isolated auroral spots observed by DMSP/SSUSI. , Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Vol. 124, Issue 11, 8416-8426, DOI: 10.1029/2019JA026853.
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    uri: https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/7436
    doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2019JA026853
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    Article
    Peer-Review
    Yes
    Language
    eng
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