Combined EISCAT radar and optical multispectral and tomographic observations of black aurora
Black auroras are recognized as spatially well-defined regions within a uniform diffuse auroral background where the optical emission is significantly reduced. Black auroras typically appear post-magnetic midnight and during the substorm recovery phase, but not exclusively so. We report on the first...
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ftulancaster:oai:eprints.lancs.ac.uk:10192 2024-05-19T07:39:38+00:00 Combined EISCAT radar and optical multispectral and tomographic observations of black aurora Gustavsson, B. Kosch, Mike J. Senior, Andrew Kavanagh, Andrew J. Brändström, B. U. E. Blixt, E. M. 2008-06-25 https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/10192/ unknown Gustavsson, B. and Kosch, Mike J. and Senior, Andrew and Kavanagh, Andrew J. and Brändström, B. U. E. and Blixt, E. M. (2008) Combined EISCAT radar and optical multispectral and tomographic observations of black aurora. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113 (A06308). ISSN 0148-0227 Journal Article PeerReviewed 2008 ftulancaster 2024-04-30T23:33:17Z Black auroras are recognized as spatially well-defined regions within a uniform diffuse auroral background where the optical emission is significantly reduced. Black auroras typically appear post-magnetic midnight and during the substorm recovery phase, but not exclusively so. We report on the first combined multimonochromatic optical imaging, bistatic white-light TV recordings and incoherent scatter radar observations of black aurora by EISCAT of the phenomenon. From the relatively larger reduction in luminosity at 4278 Å than at 8446 Å we show that nonsheared black auroras are most probably not caused by downward directed electrical fields at low altitude. From the observations, we determine this by relating the height and intensity of the black aurora to precipitating particle energy within the surrounding background diffuse aurora. The observations are more consistent with an energy selective loss cone. Hence the mechanism causing black aurora is most probably active in the magnetosphere rather than close to Earth. Article in Journal/Newspaper EISCAT Lancaster University: Lancaster Eprints Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 113 A6 n/a n/a |
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Black auroras are recognized as spatially well-defined regions within a uniform diffuse auroral background where the optical emission is significantly reduced. Black auroras typically appear post-magnetic midnight and during the substorm recovery phase, but not exclusively so. We report on the first combined multimonochromatic optical imaging, bistatic white-light TV recordings and incoherent scatter radar observations of black aurora by EISCAT of the phenomenon. From the relatively larger reduction in luminosity at 4278 Å than at 8446 Å we show that nonsheared black auroras are most probably not caused by downward directed electrical fields at low altitude. From the observations, we determine this by relating the height and intensity of the black aurora to precipitating particle energy within the surrounding background diffuse aurora. The observations are more consistent with an energy selective loss cone. Hence the mechanism causing black aurora is most probably active in the magnetosphere rather than close to Earth. |
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Gustavsson, B. Kosch, Mike J. Senior, Andrew Kavanagh, Andrew J. Brändström, B. U. E. Blixt, E. M. |
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Gustavsson, B. Kosch, Mike J. Senior, Andrew Kavanagh, Andrew J. Brändström, B. U. E. Blixt, E. M. Combined EISCAT radar and optical multispectral and tomographic observations of black aurora |
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Gustavsson, B. Kosch, Mike J. Senior, Andrew Kavanagh, Andrew J. Brändström, B. U. E. Blixt, E. M. |
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Combined EISCAT radar and optical multispectral and tomographic observations of black aurora |
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Combined EISCAT radar and optical multispectral and tomographic observations of black aurora |
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Combined EISCAT radar and optical multispectral and tomographic observations of black aurora |
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Combined EISCAT radar and optical multispectral and tomographic observations of black aurora |
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Combined EISCAT radar and optical multispectral and tomographic observations of black aurora |
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combined eiscat radar and optical multispectral and tomographic observations of black aurora |
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Gustavsson, B. and Kosch, Mike J. and Senior, Andrew and Kavanagh, Andrew J. and Brändström, B. U. E. and Blixt, E. M. (2008) Combined EISCAT radar and optical multispectral and tomographic observations of black aurora. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113 (A06308). ISSN 0148-0227 |
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