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A ground-based instrument suite for integrated high-time resolution measurements of pulsating aurora with Arase
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  • Keisuke Hosokawa,
  • Shin-ichiro Oyama,
  • Yasunobu Ogawa,
  • Yoshizumi Miyoshi,
  • Satoshi Kurita,
  • Mariko Teramoto,
  • Satonori Nozawa,
  • Tetsuya Kawabata,
  • Yuki Kawamura,
  • Yoshimasa Tanaka,
  • Hiroshi Miyaoka,
  • Ryuho Kataoka,
  • Kazuo Shiokawa,
  • Urban Brandstrom,
  • Esa Turunen,
  • Tero Raita,
  • Magnar Gullikstad Johnsen,
  • Chris M. Hall,
  • Donald L. Hampton,
  • Boris V. Kozelov,
  • Andrei G. Demekhov,
  • Yusuke Ebihara,
  • Yoshiya Kasahara,
  • Shoya Matsuda,
  • Iku Shinohara,
  • Ryoichi Fujii
Keisuke Hosokawa
University of Electro-Communications

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Shin-ichiro Oyama
Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University
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Yasunobu Ogawa
National Institute of Polar Research
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Yoshizumi Miyoshi
Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University
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Satoshi Kurita
Kyoto University
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Mariko Teramoto
Kyushu Institute of Technology
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Satonori Nozawa
Nagoya University
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Tetsuya Kawabata
Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University
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Yuki Kawamura
University of Electro-Communications
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Yoshimasa Tanaka
National Institute of Polar Research
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Hiroshi Miyaoka
National Institute of Polar Research
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Ryuho Kataoka
National Institute of Polar Research
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Kazuo Shiokawa
Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University
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Urban Brandstrom
Swedish Institute of Space Physics
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Esa Turunen
University of Oulu
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Tero Raita
University of Oulu
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Magnar Gullikstad Johnsen
UiT the Arctic University of Norway
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Chris M. Hall
UiT - The Arctic University of Norway
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Donald L. Hampton
University of Alaska Fairbanks
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Boris V. Kozelov
Polar Geophysical Institute
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Andrei G. Demekhov
Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences
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Yusuke Ebihara
Kyoto University
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Yoshiya Kasahara
Kanazawa University
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Shoya Matsuda
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
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Iku Shinohara
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
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Ryoichi Fujii
Research Organization of Information and Systems
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Abstract

A specialized ground-based system has been developed for simultaneous observations of pulsating aurora (PsA) and related magnetospheric phenomena with the Arase satellite. The instrument suite is composed of 1) six 100-Hz sampling high-speed all-sky imagers (ASIs), 2) two 10-Hz sampling monochromatic ASIs observing 427.8 and 844.6 nm auroral emissions, 3) Watec Monochromatic Imagers, 4) a 20-Hz sampling magnetometer and 5) a 5-wavelength photometer. The 100-Hz ASIs were deployed in four stations in Scandinavia and two stations in Alaska, which have been used for capturing the main pulsations and quasi 3 Hz internal modulations of PsA at the same time. The 10-Hz sampling monochromatic ASIs have been operative in Tromsø, Norway with the 20-Hz magnetometer and the 5-wavelength photometer. Combination of these multiple instruments with the European Incoherent SCATter (EISCAT) radar enables us to reveal the energetics/electrodynamics behind PsA and further to detect the low-altitude ionization due to energetic electron precipitation during PsA. In particular, we intend to derive the characteristic energy of precipitating electrons during PsA by comparing the 427.8 and 844.6 nm emissions from the two monochromatic ASIs. Since the launch of the Arase satellite, the data from these instruments have been examined in comparison with the wave and particle data from the satellite in the magnetosphere. In the future, the system will be utilized not only for studies of PsA but also for other categories of aurora in close collaboration with the planned EISCAT_3D project.