Abstract
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,
VOL. 29,
1537,
4 PP., 2002
doi:10.1029/2001GL014583
Multiple auroral brightenings and associated Pi 2 pulsations
Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, Toyokawa, Japan
Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, USA
All-sky auroral data at Kotzebue (KOT, 64.4° MLAT), Alaska, and magnetic field data from both high- and low-latitude stations are used to demonstrate the relation between multiple auroral brightenings and Pi 2 magnetic pulsations during an isolated substorm. At least five Pi 2 wave packets are identified in the magnetic field data around the end of the growth phase. Auroral luminosity variations do not show oscillations in the Pi 2 frequency range, though each Pi 2 wave packet has good correspondence with each small-scale auroral brightening and poleward motion. This fact may contradict the idea of high-latitude Pi 2 generation by oscillations of substorm field-aligned currents. We discuss possible reasons of this discrepancy from localization of the Pi 2 current system and low-energy electrons as the current carrier.
Published 13 June 2002.
Citation: (2002), Multiple auroral brightenings and associated Pi 2 pulsations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(11), 1537, doi:10.1029/2001GL014583.
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