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JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS
卷 128, 期 6, 页码 -出版社
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1029/2022JA031166
关键词
polar ionosphere; polar cap patch; PMAF; throat aurora; particle precipitation
The plasma characteristics and evolution of hot dense plasma and classical polar cap patches are investigated based on combined observations. Both show enhanced F region density, but the hot dense plasma is associated with higher electron temperature and enhanced E region electron density caused by particle precipitation. The hot dense plasma is closer to the cusp region and associated with strong auroral emissions compared to the cold patch. The evolution process of hot/cold dense plasma is discussed based on the joint observations.
The polar cap hot patch is an enhanced density structure which is associated with particle precipitation, ion upflow and flow shears. Based on combined observations from DMSP satellites, EISCAT radar, and all-sky imager at the Chinese Yellow River Station, the plasma characteristics and evolution of hot dense plasma and classical polar cap patch are investigated. Both of them show enhanced F region density, but the hot dense plasma is associated with higher electron temperature and enhanced E region electron density caused by particle precipitation. Compared to the cold patch, the hot dense plasma is closer to the cusp region and is associated with strong auroral emissions. Based on the joint observations, the evolution of the hot/cold dense plasma is discussed. In the initial phase the dense plasma comes from the sunlit lower latitude region, or from particle precipitation in the duskside auroral oval, and is heated locally by poleward moving auroral structures in the dayside auroral oval. Next the patches move poleward into the polar cap where a decaying electron temperature (i.e., less precipitation) gradually transform them into a cold patch.
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