Table of Contents
Contributors vii
Preface xi
Part I: Aurora Types and Dynamics 1
1 Investigations of the Many Distinct Types of AurorasChristopher A Colpitts 3
2 Quasiperiodic Aurora: Outstanding Problems and Recent ResultsEric J Lund 19
3 Inverted-V Auroral Arcs and Alfvén WavesChristopher C Chaston 29
4 Auroral Arcs and Ion OutflowRomain Maggiolo 39
5 Isolated Proton Auroras and Pc1/EMIC Waves at Subauroral LatitudesKaori Sakaguchi, Kazuo Shiokawa, Yoshizumi Miyoshi, and Martin Connors 59
6 Dynamics of the Dayside Aurora as Viewed from the South PoleDonald J McEwen, Gulamabas Gulamhusen Sivjee, and Yongliang Zhang 71
7 Structures in Polar Rain AurorasYongliang Zhang, Larry J Paxton, and Hyosub Kil 81
8 Dynamics Related to Plasmasheet Flow Bursts as Revealed from the AuroraLarry R Lyons, Yukitoshi Nishimura, Beatrice Gallardo-Lacourt, Ying Zou, Eric F Donovan, Stephen Mende, Vassills Angelopoulos, John M Ruohoniemi, Kathryn A McWilliams, Don L Hampton, and Michael J Nicolls 95
9 Role of Multiple Atmospheric Reflections in Formation of Electron Distribution Function in the Diffuse Aurora RegionGeorge V Khazanov, Elizabeth W Himwich, Alex Glocer, and David G Sibeck 115
Part II: Hemispheric Conjugacy of Auroras 131
10 Mechanisms that Produce Auroral Asymmetries in Conjugate HemispheresNikolai Østgaard, Jone Peter Reistad, Paul Tenfjord, Karl Magnus Laundal, Kristian Snekvik, Steve Milan, and Stein Haaland 133
11 Interhemispheric Symmetries and Asymmetries of Aurora from Ground-Based Conjugate ObservationsNatsuo Sato, Akira Kadokura, Tetsuo Motoba, Keisuke Hosokawa, Gunnlaugur Björnsson, and Thorsteinn Saemundsson 145
Part III: Substorm Aurora 163
12 Magnetospheric Substorm Onset by Current Disruption ProcessesAnthony T Y Lui 165
13 Substorm Auroral Dynamics Reproduced by Advanced Global Magnetosphere−Ionosphere (M–I) Coupling SimulationTakashi Tanaka 177
Part IV: Radio Aurora 191
14 The Radar AuroraDavid L Hysell 193
15 GPS Phase Scintillation at High Latitudes during Two Geomagnetic StormsPaul Prikryl, Reza Ghoddousi-Fard, John M Ruohoniemi, and Evan G Thomas 211
16 Radio Absorption in Auroral RegionJohn K Hargreaves 233
17 Auroral Kilometric Radiation: Polarization and Spectra Observed Far from EarthKozo Hashimoto, Yoshitaka Goto, Yoshiya Kasahara, Hiroshi Matsumoto, and Roger R Anderson 255
Part V: Auroral Models and Predictions 275
18 Auroral Precipitation Models and Space WeatherPatrick T Newell, Kan Liou, Yongliang Zhang, Thomas S Sotirelis, Larry J Paxton, and Elizabeth J Mitchell 277
19 Space Weather Products and Tools Used in Auroral Monitoring and Forecasting at CCMC/SWRCYihua Zheng and Lutz Rastaetter 291
Index 303