Articles | Volume 39, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-39-975-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-39-975-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
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| 25 Nov 2021
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Fine-scale dynamics of fragmented aurora-like emissions
Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
Hanna Sundberg
Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), Stockholm, Sweden
Betty S. Lanchester
Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
Joshua Dreyer
Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF), Uppsala, Sweden
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Noora Partamies
University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), Longyearbyen, Norway
Birkeland Centre for Space Science, Bergen, Norway
Nickolay Ivchenko
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden
Marco Zaccaria Di Fraia
citizen scientist
Rosie Oliver
citizen scientist
Amanda Serpell-Stevens
citizen scientist
Tiffany Shaw-Diaz
citizen scientist
Thomas Braunersreuther
citizen scientist
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Short summary
This paper presents an analysis of high-resolution optical and radar observations of a phenomenon called fragmented aurora-like emissions (FAEs) observed close to aurora in the high Arctic. The observations suggest that FAEs are not caused by high-energy electrons or protons entering the atmosphere along Earth's magnetic field and are, therefore, not aurora. The speeds of the FAEs and their internal dynamics were measured and used to evaluate theories for how the FAEs are produced.
This paper presents an analysis of high-resolution optical and radar observations of a...
