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, Charlie J.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository 2007
• Subjects: Svalbard; Ny-Ålesund; Birkeland; Ny Ålesund
• Online Access: https://scholars.unh.edu/cmerg/224; https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1223&context=cmerg

Using five case studies, we investigate the dynamical evolution of dayside auroral precipitation in relation to plasma convection, classifying it by the IMF By component and position with respect to noon. Auroral observations were made by meridian scanning photometers (MSPs) and an all-sky camera (A...