Research project

How does the aurora heat the upper atmosphere?

Lead researchers:

Dr Daniel Whiter
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Staff

Lead researchers

Dr Daniel Whiter

Associate Professor

Research interests

Earth's aurora
Auroral acceleration and structuring mechanisms
Effects of auroral precipitation on the upper atmosphere

Connect with Daniel

Email: [email protected]

Research outputs

Small-scale dynamic aurora

Ryuho Kataoka, Chris Chaston, David Knudsen, Kristina Lynch, Robert Lysak, Yan Song, Robert Rankin, Kiyoka Murase, Takeshi Sakanoi, Joshua Semeter, Tomo-Hiko Watanabe & Daniel Whiter, 2021, Space Science Reviews, 217(1)

DOI: 10.1007/s11214-021-00796-w

Type: review

A new auroral phenomenon, the anti-black aurora

A.E. Nel, M. J. Kosch, D. Whiter, B. Gustavsson & T. Aslaksen, 2021, Scientific Reports, 11(1)

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-81363-9

Type: article

Multi-scale observation of two polar cap arcs occurring on different magnetic field topologies

Jade Reidy, Robert Fear, Daniel Whiter, Betty Lanchester, Andrew Kavanagh, David John Price, Joshua M Chadney, Y Zhang & Larry Paxton, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 125(8), 1-17

DOI: 10.1029/2019JA027611

Type: article

Horizontal electric fields from flow of auroral O⁺(²P) ions at sub-second temporal resolution

Sam Arthur Tuttle, Betty Lanchester, Bjorn J. Gustavsson, Daniel Whiter, Nickolay Ivchenko, Robert Fear & Mark Lester, 2020, Annales Geophysicae, 38(4), 845–859

DOI: 10.5194/angeo-38-845-2020

Type: article

Diffuse and pulsating aurora

Yukitoshi Nishimura, Marc R. Lessard, Yuto Katoh, Yoshizumi Miyoshi, Eric Grono, Noora Partamies, Nithin Sivadas, Keisuke Hosokawa, Mizuki Fukizawa, Marilia Samara, Robert G. Michell, Ryuho Kataoka, Takeshi Sakanoi, Daniel Whiter, Shin-ichiro Oyama, Yasunobu Ogawa & Satoshi Kurita, 2020, Space Science Reviews, 216(1)

DOI: 10.1007/s11214-019-0629-3

Type: review