All-sky imager observations near footprints of plasma sheet waves with kinetic ballooning-interchange signatures
Abstract
We collected several THEMIS observations of plasma sheet oscillations with kinetic ballooning/interchange instability (BICI) signatures. Using an adapted model to find the location of THEMIS footprints, we identified all-sky imager (ASI) observations that may be associated with the waves. The ASI observations reveal a reach activity often being diffuse patchy aurora. We investigate the brightness and motion of the auroral patches and compare them with the BICI activity in the plasma sheet.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2015
- Bibcode:
- 2015AGUFMSM51E2595P
- Keywords:
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- 2704 Auroral phenomena;
- MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS;
- 2744 Magnetotail;
- MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS;
- 2752 MHD waves and instabilities;
- MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS;
- 2790 Substorms;
- MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS