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Variation of Jupiter's Aurora Observed by Hisaki/EXCEED: 3. Volcanic Control of Jupiter's Aurora: Io's Volcanic Effect on Jovian Aurora

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  • Chihiro Tao
  • Tomoki Kimura
  • Fuminori Tsuchiya
  • Go Muirakami
  • Kazuo Yoshioka
  • Atsushi Yamazaki
  • Sarah V. Badman
  • Hiroaki Misawa
  • Hajime Kita
  • Yasumasa Kasaba
  • Ichiro Yoshikawa
  • Masaki Fujimoto
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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>16/01/2018
<mark>Journal</mark>Geophysical Research Letters
Issue number1
Volume45
Number of pages9
Pages (from-to)71-79
Publication StatusPublished
Early online date10/01/18
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

Temporal variation of Jupiter's northern aurora during enhanced Io volcanic activity was detected using the EXCEED spectrometer on board the Hisaki Earth-orbiting planetary space telescope. It was found that in association with reported Io volcanic events in early 2015, auroral power and estimated field-aligned currents were enhanced during day of year 40–120. Furthermore, the far ultraviolet color ratio decreased during the event, indicating a decrease of auroral electron mean energy and total acceleration by <30%. During the episode of enhanced Io volcanic activity, Jupiter's magnetosphere contains more source current via increased suprathermal plasma density by up to 42%; therefore, it would have required correspondingly less electron acceleration to maintain the enhanced field-aligned current and corotation enforcement current. Sporadic large enhancements in auroral emission detected more frequently during the active period could have been contributed by nonadiabatic magnetospheric energization.

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An edited version of this paper was published by AGU. Copyright 2017 American Geophysical Union.