Articles | Volume 41, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-41-115-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-41-115-2023
Regular paper
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21 Mar 2023
Regular paper |  | 21 Mar 2023

Morphological evolution and spatial profile changes of poleward moving auroral forms

Anton Goertz, Noora Partamies, Daniel Whiter, and Lisa Baddeley

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OMNI 1-min Data Natalia E. Papitashvili and Joseph H. King https://doi.org/10.48322/45bb-8792

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Poleward moving auroral forms (PMAFs) are specific types of aurora believed to be the signature of the connection of Earth's magnetic field to that of the sun. In this paper, we discuss the evolution of PMAFs with regard to their auroral morphology as observed in all-sky camera images. We interpret different aspects of this evolution in terms of the connection dynamics between the magnetic fields of Earth and the sun. This sheds more light on the magnetic interaction between the sun and Earth.