Energetic electron precipitation and auroral morphology at the substorm recovery phase

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  • S. Oyama
    Institute for Space‐Earth Environmental Research Nagoya University Nagoya Japan
  • A. Kero
    Institute for Space‐Earth Environmental Research Nagoya University Nagoya Japan
  • C. J. Rodger
    Department of Physics University of Otago Dunedin New Zealand
  • M. A. Clilverd
    British Antarctic Survey Cambridge UK
  • Y. Miyoshi
    Institute for Space‐Earth Environmental Research Nagoya University Nagoya Japan
  • N. Partamies
    Department of Arctic Geophysics University Centre in Svalbard Longyearbyen Norway
  • E. Turunen
    Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory University of Oulu Sodankylä Finland
  • T. Raita
    Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory University of Oulu Sodankylä Finland
  • P. T. Verronen
    Finnish Meteorological Institute Helsinki Finland
  • S. Saito
    Institute for Space‐Earth Environmental Research Nagoya University Nagoya Japan

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>It is well known that auroral patterns at the substorm recovery phase are characterized by diffuse or patch structures with intensity pulsation. According to satellite measurements and simulation studies, the precipitating electrons associated with these aurorae can reach or exceed energies of a few hundreds of keV through resonant wave‐particle interactions in the magnetosphere. However, because of difficulty of simultaneous measurements, the dependency of energetic electron precipitation (EEP) on auroral morphological changes in the mesoscale has not been investigated to date. In order to study this dependency, we have analyzed data from the European Incoherent Scatter (EISCAT) radar, the Kilpisjärvi Atmospheric Imaging Receiver Array (KAIRA) riometer, collocated cameras, ground‐based magnetometers, the Van Allen Probe satellites, Polar Operational Environmental Satellites (POES), and the Antarctic‐Arctic Radiation‐belt (Dynamic) Deposition‐VLF Atmospheric Research Konsortium (AARDDVARK). Here we undertake a detailed examination of two case studies. The selected two events suggest that the highest energy of EEP on those days occurred with auroral patch formation from postmidnight to dawn, coinciding with the substorm onset at local midnight. Measurements of the EISCAT radar showed ionization as low as 65 km altitude, corresponding to EEP with energies of about 500 keV.</jats:p>

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