Articles | Volume 44, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-44-47-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-44-47-2026
Regular paper
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30 Jan 2026
Regular paper |  | 30 Jan 2026

Solar wind driving of the auroral outflow during the 23–26 September 1998 storm

Kai Zhao, Lynn M. Kistler, Eric J. Lund, Niloufar Nowrouzi, Christopher G. Mouikis, and Naritoshi Kitamura

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This study utilizes data from the FAST spacecraft orbiting over the auroral regions to investigate the temporal progression of energy inputs resulting from a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) and how that energy increases the outflow of ionospheric plasma. We found that the various forms of energy are all enhanced during the initial phase of a storm, and the energy inputs are strongly correlated with the solar wind-magnetosphere coupling functions, especially in the dayside cusp region.
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