TY - JOUR

T1 - Fundamental characteristics of field-aligned auroral acceleration derived from AKR spectra

AU - Morioka, A.

AU - Miyoshi, Y.

AU - Kitamura, N.

AU - Misawa, H.

AU - Tsuchiya, F.

AU - Menietti, J.D.

AU - Honary, Farideh

N1 - ©2012. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.

PY - 2012/2/23

Y1 - 2012/2/23

N2 - This paper examines AKR spectra using the long-term observation from the Polar satellite to prove the comprehensive features of field-aligned auroral acceleration and to give observational constraints to the theoretical mechanisms for acceleration at substorm. The remote observations of substorm phenomena through auroral radio waves from the high altitude polar magnetosphere disclosed some fundamental characteristics of the vertical auroral acceleration region and provided new information on the formation process for field-aligned electric field at substorm onset. Furthermore, we reveal new aspect of the relationship between the plasma state in the plasma sheet and the formation of aurora acceleration.

AB - This paper examines AKR spectra using the long-term observation from the Polar satellite to prove the comprehensive features of field-aligned auroral acceleration and to give observational constraints to the theoretical mechanisms for acceleration at substorm. The remote observations of substorm phenomena through auroral radio waves from the high altitude polar magnetosphere disclosed some fundamental characteristics of the vertical auroral acceleration region and provided new information on the formation process for field-aligned electric field at substorm onset. Furthermore, we reveal new aspect of the relationship between the plasma state in the plasma sheet and the formation of aurora acceleration.

U2 - 10.1029/2011JA017137

DO - 10.1029/2011JA017137

M3 - Journal article

VL - 117

JO - Journal of Geophysical Research

JF - Journal of Geophysical Research

SN - 0148-0227

M1 - A02213

ER -