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Book SynopsisPublished by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 197. Many of the most basic aspects of the aurora remain unexplained.
Table of ContentsPreface
Keiling, Andreas; Donovan, Eric; Bagenal, Fran; Karlsson, Tomas pp. ix-x
Comparative Auroral Physics: Earth and Other Planets
Mauk, Barry; Bagenal, Fran pp. 3-26
Auroral Morphology: A Historical Account and Major Auroral Features During Auroral Substorms
Akasofu, S.-I. pp. 29-38
Auroral Substorms, Poleward Boundary Activations, Auroral Streamers, Omega Bands, and Onset Precursor Activity
Henderson, M. G. pp. 39-54
A Review of Pulsating Aurora
Lessard, M. R. pp. 55-68
Transpolar Arcs: Summary and Recent Results
Kullen, Anita pp. 69-80
Coherence in Auroral Fine Structure
Semeter, Joshua pp. 81-90
Ground-Based Aurora Conjugacy and Dynamic Tracing of Geomagnetic Conjugate Points
Sato, Natsuo; Kadokura, Akira; Motoba, Tetsuo; Hosokawa, Keisuke; Bjornsson, Gunnlaugur; Saemundsson, Thorsteinn pp. 91-98
Auroral Asymmetries in the Conjugate Hemispheres and Interhemispheric Currents
Østgaard, N.; Laundal, K. M. pp. 99-111
Auroral Processes on Jupiter and Saturn
Clarke, John T. pp. 113-121
Aurora in Martian Mini Magnetospheres
Brain, David; Halekas, Jasper S. pp. 123-132
When Moons Create Aurora: The Satellite Footprints on Giant Planets
Bonfond, B. pp. 133-140
Auroral Arc Electrodynamics: Review and Outlook
Marghitu, Octav pp. 143-158
Mutual Evolution of Aurora and Ionospheric Electrodynamic Features Near the Harang Reversal During Substorms
Zou, Shasha; Lyons, Larry R.; Nishimura, Yukitoshi pp. 159-169
Imaging of Aurora to Estimate the Energy and Flux of Electron Precipitation
Lanchester, Betty; Gustavsson, Björn pp. 171-182
Current Closure in the Auroral Ionosphere: Results From the Auroral Current and Electrodynamics Structure Rocket Mission
Kaeppler, S. R.; Kletzing, C. A.; Bounds, S. R.; Gjerloev, J. W.; Anderson, B. J.; Korth, H.; LaBelle, J. W.; Dombrowski, M. P.; Lessard, M.; Pfaff, R. F.; Rowland, D. E.; Jones, S.; Heinselman, C. J. pp. 183-192
Auroral Disturbances as a Manifestation of Interplay Between Large-Scale and Mesoscale Structure of Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Electrodynamical Coupling
Lyons, L. R.; Nishimura, Y.; Xing, X.; Shi, Y.; Gkioulidou, M.; Wang, C.-P.; Kim, H.-J.; Zou, S.; Angelopoulos, V.; Donovan, E. pp. 193-204
Auroral Signatures of Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Coupling at Jupiter and Saturn
Ray, L. C.; Ergun, R. E. pp. 205-214
Clues on Ionospheric Electrodynamics From IR Aurora at Jupiter and Saturn
Stallard, Tom; Miller, Steve; Melin, Henrik pp. 215-224
The Acceleration Region of Stable Auroral Arcs
Karlsson, T. pp. 227-239
The Search for Double Layers in Space Plasmas
Andersson, L.; Ergun, R. E. pp. 241-249
Alfvén Wave Acceleration of Auroral Electrons in Warm Magnetospheric Plasma
Watt, C. E. J.; Rankin, R. pp. 251-260
Multispacecraft Observations of Auroral Acceleration by Cluster
Forsyth, C.; Fazakerley, A. N. pp. 261-270
Fine-Scale Characteristics of Black Aurora and Its Generation Process
Sakanoi, T.; Obuchi, Y.; Ebihara, Y.; Miyoshi, Y.; Asamura, K.; Yamazaki, A.; Kasaba, Y.; Hirahara, M.; Nishiyama, T.; Okano, S. pp. 271-278
Two-Step Acceleration of Auroral Particles at Substorm Onset as Derived From Auroral Kilometric Radiation Spectra
Morioka, Akira; Miyoshi, Yoshizumi pp. 279-286
Auroral Ion Precipitation and Acceleration at the Outer Planets
Cravens, T. E.; Ozak, N. pp. 287-294
Satellite-Induced Electron Acceleration and Related Auroras
Hess, S. L. G.; Delamere, P. A. pp. 295-304
Auroral Processes Associated With Saturn's Moon Enceladus
Gurnett, D. A.; Pryor, W. R. pp. 305-313
Auroral Signatures of the Dynamic Plasma Sheet
Keiling, A.; Shiokawa, K.; Uritsky, V.; Sergeev, V.; Zesta, E.; Kepko, L.; Østgaard, N. pp. 317-335
Magnetotail Aurora Connection: The Role of Thin Current Sheets
Birn, J.; Schindler, K.; Hesse, M. pp. 337-346
Auroral Generators: A Survey
Haerendel, Gerhard pp. 347-354
The Relationship Between Magnetospheric Processes and Auroral Field-Aligned Current Morphology
Strangeway, Robert J. pp. 355-364
Magnetospheric Dynamics and the Proton Aurora
Donovan, E.; Spanswick, E.; Liang, J.; Grant, J.; Jackel, B.; Greffen, M. pp. 365-378
The Origin of Pulsating Aurora: Modulated Whistler Mode Chorus Waves
Li, W.; Bortnik, J.; Nishimura, Y.; Thorne, R. M.; Angelopoulos, V. pp. 379-388
Auroral Signatures of Ballooning Mode Near Substorm Onset: Open Geospace General Circulation Model Simulations
Raeder, J.; Zhu, P.; Ge, Y.; Siscoe, G. pp. 389-395
Origins of Saturn's Auroral Emissions and Their Relationship to Large-Scale Magnetosphere Dynamics
Bunce, Emma J. pp. 397-410
Auroral Signatures of Solar Wind Interaction at Jupiter
Delamere, P. A. pp. 411-419
Relating Jupiter's Auroral Features to Magnetospheric Sources
Vogt, Marissa F.; Kivelson, Margaret G. pp. 421-430