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This list contains publications by members of the UC Auroral Imaging team that are of relevance to NORSTAR, CANOPUS, CGSM, Ravens, storms and substorms.

Papers to be Submitted to Refereed Journals
Donovan, E., M. Palmrooth, M. Henderson, D. Knudsen, B. Jackel, F. Creutzberg, F. Fenrich, and C. Carlson, Adiabatic magnetospheric response to a sudden impulse, Geophys. Res. Lett., to be submitted, 2003a.

Donovan, E., D. Knudsen, R. Rankin, T. Trondsen, G. Baker, B. Jackel, L. Cogger, and D. Wallis, The anticorrelation of auroral arc and Pc5 pulsation occurrence, Phys. Plasmas, to be submitted, 2003b.

Jackel, B., E. Donovan, and L. Cogger, Detached arcs observed by the Interball Ultra-Violet Auroral Imager, Ann. Geophys., to be submitted, 2003.

Trondsen, T., E. Donovan, N. Nicholson, B. Jackel, L. Cogger, D. Lummerzheim, and H. Frey, Multipoint observations of the Ion Isotropy/b2i boundary, Ann. Geophys., to be submitted, 2003.

Liang, J., G. Sofko, and E. Donovan, On the spatial and temporal relationship between auroral intensification and flow enhancement in a pseudobreakup event, J. Geophys. Res., to be submitted, 2003a.

Liang, J., E. Donovan, G. Sofko, T. Trondsen, and R. Greenwald, Substorm dynamics revealed by ground observations of two-dimensional structure of Pi2 and drift waves during a small substorm event, J. Geophys. Res., to be submitted, 2003b.

Liang, J., G. Sofko, E. Donovan, and R. Greenwald, Convection, current, and optical auroral dynamics of a small postmidnight substorm (Oct. 9, 2001) during dominantly northward IMF, J. Geophys. Res., to be submitted, 2003c.
 
Papers Submitted to Refereed Journals
Jayachandran, P., J. MacDougall, E. Donovan, J. Ruohoniemi, K. Liou, D. Moorcroft, and J.-P. St. Maurice, High-latitude convection response to substorms, Geophys. Res. Lett., in review, 2003b.

 
Syrjäsuo, M., and E. Donovan, Diurnal auroral occurrence statistics obtained via machine vision, Ann. Geophys., in review, 2003.

Baker, J., R. Greenwald, J. Ruohoniemi, M. Förster, G. Paschmann, E. Donovan, N. Tsyganenko, J. Quinn, and A. Balogh, Conjugate comparison of SuperDARN and Cluster EDI measurements of EXB plasma drift, J. Geophys. Res., in review, 2003a.

Baker, G., E. Donovan, and B. Jackel, A comprehensive survey of auroral latitude Pc5 pulsation characteristics, J. Geophys. Res., in review, 2003b.

Cully, C., E. Donovan, J. Bosqued, A. Fazakerley, M. André, S. Buchert, H. Opgenoorth, E. Borälv, and E. Lucek, Magnetic reconnection near substorm onset: Multipoint in-situ observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., in review 2003a.

Papers Published in Refereed Journals

Donovan, E., B. Jackel, I. Voronkov, T. Sotirelis, F. Creutzberg, and N. Nicholson, Ground-based optical determination of the b2i boundary: a basis for an optical MT-index, J. Geophys. Res., 108(A3), 1115, doi:1029/ 2001JA009198, 2003c.

Lessard, M., J. Hanna, E. Donovan, and G. Reeves, Evidence for a discrete spectrum of persistent magnetospheric fluctuations below 1 mHz, J. Geophys. Res., 108(A3), 1125, doi:1029/ 2002JA009311, 2003.

Cully, C., E. Donovan, A. Yau, and H. Opgenoorth, Supply of ionospheric ions to the Central Plasma Sheet, J. Geophys. Res., 108(A2), doi:1029/ 2002JA009457, 2003b.

Cully, C., E. Donovan, A. Yau, and G. Arkos, Akebono/Suprathermal Mass Spetrometer observations of low-energy ion outflow: dependence on magnetic activity and solar wind conditions, J. Geophys. Res., 108(A2) , doi:1029/ 2001JA009200, 2003c.

Voronkov, I., E. Donovan, and J. Samson, Pseudo-breakup, breakup of a full substorm onset, and poleward border intensifications compared, J. Geophys. Res., 108(A2), 1073, doi:10.1029/2002JA009314, 2003.

Kauristie, K., V. Sergeev, O. Amm, M. Kubyshkina, J. Jussila, E. Donovan, and K. Liou, BBF intrusion to the inner Plasma Sheet as inferred from auroral observations, J. Geophys. Res., 108(A1), 1040, doi:10.1029/2002JA009371, 2003.

Jayachandran, P., E. Donovan, J. MacDougall, J.-P. St.-Maurice, D. Moorcroft, and P. Prikryl, SuperDARN E-region backscatter boundary in the dusk-midnight sector - Tracer of equatorward boundary of the auroral oval, Annales Geophysicae, 20:1-6, 2002.

Syrjäsuo, M., and E. Donovan, Analysis of auroral imagers: detection and tracking, Geophysica, 38(1-2), 3-14, 2002.

Mann, I., I. Voronkov, M. Dunlop, E. Donovan, and 9 others, Co-ordinated ground-based and Cluster II observations of large amplitude global magnetospheric oscillations during a fast solar wind speed interval Ann. Geophys., 20, 405-425, 2002.

Baker, D., W. Peterson, S. Erikson, J. Blake, J. L. Burch, P. Daly, M. Dunlop, A. Korth, E. Donovan, R. Friedel, T. Fritz, H. Frey, S. Mende, J. Roeder, and H. Singer, Timing of magnetic reconnection initiation during a global magnetospheric substorm, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(24), 2190, doi:10.1029/2002GL015539, 2002.

Lyons, L., I. Voronkov, E. Donovan, and E. Zesta, Relation of substorm breakup arc to other growth-phase auroral arcs, J. Geophys. Res., 107(A11), 1390, doi: 10.1029/2002JA009317, 2002a.

Kavanagh, A., F. Honary, I. McCrea, E. Donovan, E. Woodfield, J. Manninen, T. Bösinger, P. Anderson, Substorm related changes in precipitation in the dayside auroral zone - a multi instrument case study, Annales. Geophys., 20:1321-1334, 2002.

Zesta, E., E. Donovan, L. Lyons, G. Enno, J. Murphree, and L. Cogger, The two-dimensional structure of auroral poleward boundary intensifications, J. Geophys. Res., 107(A11), doi: 10.1029/2002JA000260, 2002.

Jackel,, B., P. Eglitis, E. Donovan, A. Viljanin, D. Wallis, L. Cogger, and H. Opgenoorth, Observations of highly correlated near-simultaneous magnetic field perturbations at contraposed ground stations, J. Geophys. Res., 106(A11):25857-25872, 2001.

Lockwood, M., A. Fazakerley, H. Opgenoorth, J. Moen, A. van Eyken, M. Dunlop, J.-M. Bosqued, G. Lu, C. Cully, P. Eglitis, I. McCrea, M. Hapgood, M. Wild, R. STamper, W. Denig, M. Taylor, J. Wild, G. Provan, O. Amm, K. Kauristie, T. Pulkkinen, A. Stromme, P. Prikryl, F. Pitout, A. Balogh, H. Réme, R. Behlke, T. Hansen, R. Greenwald, H. Frey, S. Morley, D. Alcaydé, P.-L. Blelly, E. Donovan, M. Engebtretson, M. Lester, J. Watermann, and M. Marcucci, Coordinated CLUSTER and ground-based instrument observations of transient changes in the magnetopause boundary layer during an interval of predominantly northward IMF: relation to reconnection pulses and FTE signatures, Ann. Geophys., 19(10-12):1613-1640, 2001.

Lockwood, M., H. Opgenoorth, A. van Eyken, A. Fazakerley, J.-M. Bosqued, W. Denig, J. Wild, C. Cully, R. Greenwald, G. Lu, O. Amm, H. Frey, A. Strome, P. Prikryl, M. Hapgood, M. Wild, R. Stamper, M. Taylor, I. McCrea, K. Kauristie, T. Pulkkinen, F. Pitout, A. Balogh, M. Dunlop, H. Remé, R. Behlke, T. Hansen, G. Provan, P. Eglitis, S. Morley, D. Alcaydé, P.-L. Blelly, J. Moen, E. Donovan, M. Engebtretson, M. Lester, J. Watermann, and M. Marcucci, Coordinated CLUSTER, ground-based instrumentation and low-altitude satellite observations of transient poleward-moving events in the ionosphere and in the tail lobe, Ann. Geophys., 19 (10-12):1589-1612, 2001.

Opgenoorth, H., M. Lockwood, D. Alcaydé, E. Donovan, M. Engebretson, A. van Eyken, K. Kauristie, M. Lester, J. Moen, J. Watermann, H. Alleyne, M. André, M. Dunlop, N. Cornilleau-Wehrlin, A. Masson, A. Fazakerley, H. Remé, R. André, O. Amm, A. Balogh, R. Behlke, P. Blelly, H. Boholm, E. Borälv, J. Bosqued, S. Buchert, M. Candidi, J. Cerisier, C. Cully, W. Denig, P. Eglitis, R. Greenwald, B. Jackel, J. Kelly, I. Krauklis, G. Lu, I. Mann, M. Marcucci, I. McCrea, M. Maksimovic, S. Massetti, P. Décréau, D. Milling, S. Orsini, F. Pitout, G. Provan, J. Ruohoniemi, J. Samson, J. Schott, F. Sedgemore-Schulthess, R. Stamper, P. Stauning, A. Strömme, M. Taylor, A. Vaivads, J. Villain, I. Voronkov, J. Wild, and M. Wild, Coordinated ground-based, low altitude satellite and CLUSTER observations on global and local scales, during a transient postnoon sector excursion of the magnetospheric cusp, Ann. Geophys., 19(10-12):1367-1398, 2001.

Kauristie, K., T. I. Pulkkinen, O. Amm, A. Viljanin, M. Syrjäsuo, P. Janhunen, S. Massetti, S. Orsini, M. Candidi, J. Watermann, E. Donovan, P. Prikryl, I. Mann, P. Eglitis, C. Smith, W. Denig, H. Opgenoorth, M. Lockwood, M. Dunlop, A. Vaivads, M. Andre, Ground-based and satellite observations of high-latitude auroral activity in the dusk sector of the auroral oval, Ann. Geophys., 19(10-12):1683-1696, 2001.

Toivanen, P., D. Baker, W. Peterson, E. Donovan, A. Viljanen, A. Keiling, J. Wygant, and C. Kletzing, Plasma sheet dynamics observed by the Polar spacecraft in association with substorm onsets, J. Geophys. Res., 106(A9): 19117-19130, 2001.

Knudsen D., Donovan, E., Cogger, L., B. Jackel, and W. Shaw, Width and structure of mesoscale optical auroral arcs, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28(4):705-708, 2001.

Borälv, E., P. Eglitis, H. Opgenoorth, E. Donovan, G. Reeves and P. Stauning, The dawn and dusk electrojet response to substorm onset, Ann. Geophys., 18:1097-1107, 2000.

Zesta, E., L. Lyons, and E. Donovan. The auroral signature of Eathward flow bursts observed in the magnetotail, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27(20):3241-3244, 2000.

Voronkov, I, E. Donovan, B. Jackel, and J. Samson, Large-scale vortex dynamics in the evening and mid-night auroral zone: observations and simulations, J. Geophys. Res., 105(A8):18505-18518, 2000.

Cully, C. M., and E. F. Donovan, A derivation of the ÑB drift based on energy conservation, Am. J. Phys., 67(10):909-911, 1999.

Donovan, E., B. Jackel, and L. Cogger, The aurora, Phys. in Canada, 54(5):285-294, 1998.

 

Refereed Conference Proceedings

Papers indicated as in press have been accepted for publication.

Donovan, E., B. Jackel, D. Klumpar, and R. Strangeway, Energy dependence of the isotropy boundary latitude, Proc. of Atmos. Studies by Optical Methods, in press, 2003c.

Donovan, E., T. Trondsen, L. Cogger, and B. Jackel, Auroral imaging in Canadian CANOPUS and NORSTAR programs, Proc. of Atmos. Studies by Optical Methods, in press, 2003d.

Nicholson, N., E. Donovan, B. Jackel, L. Cogger, and D. Lummerzheim, Multipoint measurements of the ion isotropy boundary, Proc. of Atmos. Studies by Optical Methods, in press, 2003.

Jackel, B., F. Creutzberg, E. Donovan, L. Cogger, Triangulation of auroral oxygen red line heights, Proc. of Atmos. Studies by Optical Methods, in press, 2003.
Syrjäsuo, M., E. Donovan, and M. Peura, Using attribute trees to analyse auroral appearance over Canada, in Proc. of IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision, pp 289-295, 2002.

Cogger, L., E. Donovan, D. Knudsen, J. Murphree, and T. Trondsen, Auroral imaging in Canada: Past, present, and future, Proceedings of ASTRO 2000 - 11th CASI Conference on Astronautics, CASI, volume 48(1):107-113, 2002.

 

 
 
Nonrefereed Conference Proceedings
 
 
Nicholson, N., E. Donovan, I. Voronkov, B. Jackel, L. Cogger, D. Lummerzheim, F. Creutzberg, and T. Sotirelis, Multipoint observations of the ion isotropy/b2i boundary, in Proc. of the Sixth International Conference on Substorms, pp 157-162, Seattle, 2002.

Lyons, L., I. Voronkov, J. Ruohoniemi, and E. Donovan, Substorms: Externally driven transition to unstable state few minutes before onset, in Proc. of the Sixth International Conference on Substorms, pp 47-54, Seattle, 2002b.

Jackel, B., and E. Donovan, in Proc. of the Sixth International Conference on Substorms, pp 129-134, Seattle, 2002.

Cully, C., E. Donovan, A. Yau, and H. Opgenoorth, A possible role of CPS ions of ionospheric origin in substorm onset, in Proc. of the Sixth International Conference on Substorms, pp 394-398, Seattle, 2002.

Voronkov, I., E. Donovan, P. Dobias, J. Samson, and L. Lyons, Near-Earth breakup in substorms: Empirical constraints and model constraints, in Proc. of the Sixth International Conference on Substorms, pp 270-277, Seattle, 2002.

Lu, G., E. Donovan, T. Nagai, T. Mukai, D. Lummerzheim, G. Parks, L. Frank, H. Singer, M. Moldwin, J. Posch, M. Engerbretson, and Watermann, Substorm development as seen through coordinated multi-instrument observations, in Proc. of the Sixth International Conference on Substorms, pp 63-70, Seattle, 2002.

Liang, J., E. Donovan, G. Sofko, T. Trondsen, and R. Greenwald, Substorm dynamics revealed by ground observations of two-dimensional structure of Pi2 and drift waves during a small substorm event, in Proc. of the SuperDARN Workshop, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, 2002a.

Liang, J., G. Sofko, E. Donovan, and R. Greenwald, Convection, current, and optical auroral dynamics of a small postmidnight substorm (Oct. 9, 2001) during dominantly northward IMF, in Proc. of the SuperDARN Workshop, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, 2002b.

Voronkov, I., J. Samson, E. Freidrich, R. Rankin, V. Tikhonchuk, and E. Donovan, On the distinction between, and the relevance of, auroral breakup and substorm expansive phase onset, in Proc. of the Fifth International Conference on Substorms, St. Petersberg, Russia, ESA SP-443, pp 249-254, 2000.

Borälv, E., P. Eglitis, H. Opgenoorth, E. Donovan, G. Reeves, and P. Stauning, The dawn and dusk electrojet response to substorm onset, in Proc. of the Fifth International Conference on Substorms, St. Petersberg, Russia, ESA SP-443, pp 37-40, 2000.

Borälv, E., P. Eglitis, H. Opgenoorth, E. Donovan, and G. Reeves, The dawn-dusk response to substorm onset, in Proc. of the SuperDARN Workshop, 1999.

Pulkinen, T., H. Koskinen, R. Pellinen, V. Sergeev, H. Opgenoorth, and E. Donovan, Data based magnetic field models: present status and future prospects, in Satellite - Ground Based Coordination Sourcebook, M. Lockwood, M. Wild, and H. Opgenoorth, eds., ESA SP-1198, pp 293-317, 1998.

 
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