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- Title
Steve: The Optical Signature of Intense Subauroral Ion Drifts.
- Authors
Archer, W. E.; St.‐Maurice, J. P.; Gallardo‐Lacourt, B.; Donovan, E.; Perry, G. W.; Buchert, S. C.
- Abstract
Little is currently known about the optical phenomenon known as Steve. The first scientific publication on the subject suggests that Steve is associated with an intense subauroral ion drift (SAID). However, additional inquiry is warranted as this suggested relationship as it is based on a single case study. Here we present eight occurrences of Steve with coincident or near‐coincident measurements from the European Space Agency's Swarm satellites and show that Steve is consistently associated with SAID. When satellite observations coincident with Steve are compared to that of typical SAID, we find the SAID associated with Steve to have above average peak ion velocities and electron temperatures, as well as extremely low plasma densities. Key Points: Eight Steve events were identified in all‐sky imager measurements with coincident or near‐coincident measurements from the Swarm satellitesIn all cases, evidence of subauroral ion drifts are observed in Swarm measurementsAll measurements of SAID overlapping with Steve have very fast ion flows, high electron temperatures, and extremely low plasma densities
- Subjects
AURORAS; IONOSPHERIC drift; EUROPEAN Space Agency; ELECTRON temperature; PLASMA density
- Publication
Geophysical Research Letters, 2019, Vol 46, Issue 12, p6279
- ISSN
0094-8276
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1029/2019GL082687