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Transient ionization of the mesosphere during auroral breakup: Arase satellite and ground-based conjugate observations at Syowa Station

Journal

EARTH PLANETS AND SPACE
Volume 71, Issue -, Pages -

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SPRINGEROPEN
DOI: 10.1186/s40623-019-0989-7

Keywords

Aurora; Mesosphere; X-rays; Energetic electrons

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  1. JSPS-Kakenhi [15H05815, 16H06286, 15H02628, 16H04056, 14J02108, 17H06140, 15H05747]
  2. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [14J02108, 15H02628, 16H04056] Funding Source: KAKEN

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Transient mesospheric echo in the VHF range was detected at an altitude of 65-70km during the auroral breakup that occurred from 2220 to 2226 UT on June 30, 2017. During this event, the footprint of the Arase satellite was located within the field of view of the all-sky imagers at Syowa Station in the Antarctic. Auroral observations at Syowa Station revealed the dominant precipitation of relatively soft electrons during the auroral breakup. A corresponding spike in cosmic noise absorption was also observed at Syowa Station, while the Arase satellite observed a flux enhancement of >100keV electrons and a broadband noise without detecting chorus waves or electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves. A general-purpose Monte Carlo particle transport simulation code was used to quantitatively evaluate the ionization in the middle atmosphere. Results of this study indicate that the precipitation of energetic electrons of >100keV, rather than X-rays from the auroral electrons, played a dominant role in the transient and deep (65-70km) mesospheric ionization during the observed auroral breakup.

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