[P-EM14] [EE] Dynamics in magnetosphere and ionosphere

[PEM14-28] Energetic electron precipitation and auroral morphology at the substorm recovery phase

*大山 伸一郎¹、Kero Antti²、Rodger Craig³、Clilverd Mark⁴、三好 由純¹、Noora Partamies^5,6、Esa Turunen²、Raita Tero²、Verronen Pekka⁷、齊藤 慎司¹ (1.名古屋大学宇宙地球環境研究所、2.オウル大学、3.オタゴ大学、4.英国南極研究所、5.スバールバル大学センター、6.ビルケランド宇宙科学センター、7.フィンランド気象研究所)

キーワード：aurora, ionosphere, EISCAT, KAIRA, energetic electron precipitation

It is well known that auroral patterns at the substorm recovery phase are characterized by diffuse or patch structures with intensity pulsation. According to satellite measurements and simulation studies, the precipitating electrons associated with these aurorae can reach or exceed energies of a few hundred keV through resonant wave-particle interactions in the magnetosphere. However, because of difficulty of simultaneous measurements, the dependency of energetic electron precipitation (EEP) on auroral morphological changes in the mesoscale has not been investigated to date. In order to study this dependency, we have analyzed data from the European Incoherent Scatter (EISCAT) radar, the Kilpisjärvi Atmospheric Imaging Receiver Array (KAIRA) riometer, collocated cameras, ground-based magnetometers, the Van Allen Probe satellites, Polar Operational Environmental Satellites (POES), and the Antarctic-Arctic Radiation-belt (Dynamic) Deposition-VLF Atmospheric Research Konsortium (AARDDVARK). Here we undertake a detailed examination of two case studies. The selected two events suggest that the highest energy of EEP on those days occurred with auroral patch formation from post-midnight to dawn, coinciding with the substorm onset at local midnight. Measurements of the EISCAT radar showed ionization as low as 65 km altitude, corresponding to EEP with energies of about 500 keV.