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Variation of different components of Jupiter's auroral emission

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AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014051

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  1. Space Telescope Science Institute to Boston University
  2. STFC [PP/E000983/1]
  3. Belgian Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS)
  4. STFC [PP/E000983/1] Funding Source: UKRI
  5. Science and Technology Facilities Council [PP/E000983/1] Funding Source: researchfish

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The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) data set obtained over two campaigns in 2007 is used to determine the long-term variability of the different components of Jupiter's auroras. Three regions on the planet's disc are defined: the main oval, the low-latitude auroras, and the high-latitude auroras. The UV auroral power emitted from these regions is extracted and compared to estimated solar wind conditions projected to Jupiter's orbit from Earth. In the first campaign the emitted power originated mainly from the main oval and the high-latitude regions, and in the second campaign the high-latitude and main oval auroras were dimmer and less variable, while the low-latitude region exhibited bright, patchy emission. We show that, apart from during specific enhancement events, the power emitted from the poleward auroras is generally uncorrelated with that of the main oval. The exception events are dawn storms and compression region enhancements. It is shown that the former events, typically associated with intense dawnside main oval auroras, also result in the brightening of the high-latitude auroras. The latter events associated with compression regions exhibit a particular auroral morphology; that is, where it is narrow and well defined, the main oval is bright and located similar to 1 degrees poleward of its previous location, and elsewhere it is faint. Instead there is bright emission in the poleward region in the postnoon sector where distinct, bright, sometimes multiple arcs form.

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