Journal
ANNALES GEOPHYSICAE
Volume 27, Issue 1, Pages 113-119Publisher
COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-113-2009
Keywords
Magnetospheric physics; Auroral phenomena; Current systems; Solar wind-magnetosphere interactions
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- National Science Council [NSC-94-2111-M-008-010]
- National Space Organization [95-NSPO(B)-SP-FA07-01]
- Ministry of Education
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Using the auroral electrojet indices and Polar Ultraviolet Imager auroral images, we examined two fortuitous events during which the solar wind density had clear enhancements while the other solar wind parameters were relatively constant. Two electrojet enhancements were found in each event. The first electrojet enhancement was likely to be related to a substorm in which an auroral bulge appeared at premidnight. The second electrojet enhancement was driven by the density enhancement in the solar wind. The auroral oval became wider in latitude and the auroral distribution became dispersed after the density enhancement arrived at the Earth. The total auroral power integrated over the entire nightside region from 50 to 80 degrees MLAT, however, did not increase significantly in response to the density enhancement. Our interpretation is that the substorm that occurred prior to the solar wind density enhancement had drained out a significant portion of the stored energy in the magnetotail; therefore, less precipitation energy was deposited into the auroral ionosphere by the density enhancement.
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