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Electron and proton shock aurora observed by IMAGE-FUV
Meurant, M.; Gérard, Jean-Claude; Hubert, Benoît et al.
2003In EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly
 

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Abstract :
[en] The FUV instrument on the IMAGE (Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration) satellite monitors the aurora in three different spectral regions. The Wideband Imaging Camera (WIC) observes the molecular N_2 LBH and the atomic NI emissions at 140-180 nm. The two channels of the Spectrographic Imager (SI) observe the Doppler shifted Lyman-α emission at 121.8 nm due to precipitating protons (SI12) and the electron auroral emission of OI at 135.6 nm (SI13). Three simultaneous snapshots are recorded each 2 minutes. In this study, the FUV instrument allows a global viewing of the aurora with a high temporal resolution both in proton and electron. It is used to study the shock aurora resulting from the disturbance caused by the arrival of a coronal mass ejection on the front of the magnetosphere. A comparison between electron and proton injection features at global scale is performed for different isolated events with positive and negative interplanetary B_z. A correlation with IMF and solar wind parameters is presented as well as a description of the magnetosphere morphology given by the Tsyganenko model in the shock aurora period.
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Meurant, M.
Gérard, Jean-Claude  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Labo de physique atmosphérique et planétaire (LPAP)
Hubert, Benoît  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Labo de physique atmosphérique et planétaire (LPAP)
Coumans, Valérie ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Labo de physique atmosphérique et planétaire (LPAP)
Blockx, Caroline ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Aquapôle
Language :
English
Title :
Electron and proton shock aurora observed by IMAGE-FUV
Publication date :
01 April 2003
Main work title :
EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly
Pages :
7216
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