Auroral Heating of Plasma Patches Due to High-Latitude Reconnection

• Main Authors: Pena, Joaquin Diaz, Semeter, Joshua, Nishimura, Yukitoshi, Varney, Roger, Reimer, Ashton, Hairston, Marc, Zettergren, Matthew, Hirsch, Michael, Verkhoglyadova, Olga, Hosokawa, Keisuke, Shiokawa, Kazuo
• Other Authors: 1570197
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Scholarly Commons 2021
• Subjects: Atmospheric Sciences; Geophysics; Resolute Bay Incoherent Scatter Radar (RISR-N); Resolute Bay
• Online Access: https://commons.erau.edu/publication/1574; https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10507316.1; https://commons.erau.edu/context/publication/article/2710/viewcontent/Auroral.pdf

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