Research project

How does the aurora heat the upper atmosphere?

Lead researcher:

Dr Daniel Whiter
Status:

Active

Staff

Lead researcher

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

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

High-resolution optical observations of neutral heating associated with the electrodynamics of an auroral arc

David, John Price, Daniel Whiter, Joshua Chadney & Betty Lanchester, 2019, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 124(11), 9577-9591

DOI: 10.1029/2019JA027345

Type: article