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Figure 19

From: The geospace response to variable inputs from the lower atmosphere: a review of the progress made by Task Group 4 of CAWSES-II

Figure 19

Temporal variations in the vertical wind speed and the fringe peak count at the zenith. Top and middle panels show the temporal variations in the vertical wind speed and the fringe peak count at the zenith, respectively, measured with the FPI (557.7 nm) from 00:30 to 02:00 UT on 26 January 2009. Vertical bars are the 2 sigma uncertainty (see in the text of Oyama et al. 2010). The bottom color panels show the horizontal aurora images taken with the ASC at 557.7 nm from 01:15 to 01:39 UT during pulsating aurora (corresponding time interval is marked by black dashed line in the top two panels). The color scale of optical intensity is shown at the right middle. These images are mapped in geographic coordinate assuming the peak emission height is 110 km. The five black dots and the four red crosses indicate the location of the FPI and the EISCAT UHF radar observation positions, respectively. The black arrows correspond to the horizontal component of the FPI-derived neutral wind velocity (the scale is presented at the right bottom corner of the first panel from the left). White dashed lines in the colored panels are drawn to easily identify the darker area. Adapted with permission under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License from Oyama et al. (2010).

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