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High-Resolution Limb Observations of Proton Aurora
Chua, D. H.; Dymond, K. F.; Budzien, S. A. et al.
2003AGU Fall meeting
 

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Keywords :
2427 Ionosphere/atmosphere interactions (0335); 2455 Particle precipitation; 2704 Auroral phenomena (2407); 2716 Energetic particles; precipitating; 2736 Magnetosphere/ionosphere interactions
Abstract :
[en] The interaction of precipitating protons in the upper atmosphere involves charge exchange, ionization, elastic and inelastic collisions, and the deposition of energy from the bottom of the F-region to the D-region of the ionosphere. These processes and the transport of incident protons through this range of altitudes has been described through a variety of modeling techniques but there has been a dearth of altitude-resolved observations of proton precipitation with which to validate such models. We present new limb observations of Doppler-shifted Lyman-α proton aurora emissions obtained by the High-resolution Ionospheric and Thermospheric Spectrograph (HITS) aboard the Advanced Research and Global Observation Satellite (ARGOS) that fill this niche. HITS performs limb scans that include tangent altitudes between 90 km and 400 km with approximately 5 km vertical resolution. The Doppler shifts of the proton aurora Lyman-α emissions are measured with 1.5 Angstrom resolution and are used to infer mean energies of the incident protons as a function of altitude. Observed energy-range (dE/dz) relations are compared to those predicted by a Monte Carlo simulation of proton transport in the upper atmosphere.
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Chua, D. H.;  Thermospheric and Ionospheric Research and Applications Group, Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Drive SW Code 7607, Washington, DC 20375 United States
Dymond, K. F.;  Thermospheric and Ionospheric Research and Applications Group, Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Drive SW Code 7607, Washington, DC 20375 United States
Budzien, S. A.;  Thermospheric and Ionospheric Research and Applications Group, Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Drive SW Code 7607, Washington, DC 20375 United States
McCoy, R. P.;  Office of Naval Research, 800 N. Quincy Street, Arlington, VA 22217 United States
Gérard, Jean-Claude  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Labo de physique atmosphérique et planétaire (LPAP)
Coumans, Valérie ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Labo de physique atmosphérique et planétaire (LPAP)
Language :
English
Title :
High-Resolution Limb Observations of Proton Aurora
Publication date :
01 December 2003
Event name :
AGU Fall meeting
Event organizer :
American Geophysical Union
Event place :
San Francisco, United States
Audience :
International
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