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Modeled F Region Response To Auroral Dynamics Based Upon Dynamics Explorer Auroral Observations, Jan Josef Sojka, Robert W. Schunk, J. D. Cravens, L. A. Frank, J. Sharber, J. D. Winningham
Modeled F Region Response To Auroral Dynamics Based Upon Dynamics Explorer Auroral Observations, Jan Josef Sojka, Robert W. Schunk, J. D. Cravens, L. A. Frank, J. Sharber, J. D. Winningham
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Auroral images from the Dynamics Explorer 1 (DE 1) scanning auroral imager have been combined with in situ auroral precipitation data from the DE 2 low altitude plasma instrument to form a time-dependent global auroral energy flux model. This model has both good time (12 min) and spatial (100 km) resolution compared to that currently available for global scale ionospheric and thermospheric modeling. The development and comparison of this model with others are discussed. Data from an aurorally active period, November 25, 1981, are presented and used as a case study for this model. Using a global ionospheric model, the …