Poleward moving auroral forms (PMAFs) revisited: responses of aurorae, plasma convection and Birkeland currents in the pre- and postnoon sectors under positive and negative IMF B y conditions

• Main Authors: Sandholt, P. E., Farrugia, C. J.
• Other Authors: Department of Physics, Okayama University, UNH Space Science Center Durham (SSC), University of New Hampshire (UNH)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2007
• Subjects: [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences; Birkeland; Ny-Ålesund; Svalbard; Ny Ålesund
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00318355; https://hal.science/hal-00318355/document; https://hal.science/hal-00318355/file/angeo-25-1629-2007.pdf

International audience Using five case studies, we investigate the dynamical evolution of dayside auroral precipitation in relation to plasma convection, classifying it by the IMF B y component and position with respect to noon. Auroral observations were made by meridian scanning photometers (MSPs)...