Author ORCID Identifier
Kristina Lynch: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9006-1138
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2021
Publication Title
Space Science Reviews
Department
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
Small-scale dynamic auroras have spatial scales of a few km or less, and temporal scales of a few seconds or less, which visualize the complex interplay among charged particles, Alfvén waves, and plasma instabilities working in the magnetosphere-ionosphere coupled regions. We summarize the observed properties of flickering auroras, vortex motions, and filamentary structures. We also summarize the development of fundamental theories, such as dispersive Alfvén waves (DAWs), plasma instabilities in the auroral acceleration region, ionospheric feedback instabilities (IFI), and the ionospheric Alfvén resonator (IAR).
DOI
10.1007/s11214-021-00796-w
Original Citation
Kataoka, R., Chaston, C.C., Knudsen, D. et al. Small-Scale Dynamic Aurora. Space Sci Rev 217, 17 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-021-00796-w
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Kataoka, Ryuho; Chaston, Christopher C.; Knudsen, David; Lynch, Kristina A.; Lysak, Robert L.; Song, Yan; Rankin, Robert; Murase, Kiyoka; Sakanoi, Takeshi; Semeter, Joshua; Watanabe, Tomo-Hiko; and Whiter, Daniel, "Small-Scale Dynamic Aurora" (2021). Dartmouth Scholarship. 4298.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/4298