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Imaging the May 2024 Extreme Aurora with Ionospheric Total Electron Content
John C Foster
and 7 more
August 22, 2024
The continental United States is well instrumented with facilities for mid-latitude upper atmosphere research that operate on a continuous basis. In addition, citizen scientists provide a wealth of information when unusual events occur. We combine ionospheric total electron content (TEC) data from distributed arrays of GNSS receivers, magnetometer chains, and auroral observations obtained by citizen scientists, to provide a detailed view of the intense auroral breakup and westward surge occurring at the peak of the 10-11 May 2024 extreme geomagnetic storm. Over a 20-min interval, vertical TEC (vTEC) increased at unusually low latitude (~45°) and rapidly expanded azimuthally across the continent. Individual receiver/satellite data sets indicate sharp bursts of greatly elevated of vTEC (~50 TECu). Intense red aurora was co-located with the leading edge of the equatorward and westward TEC enhancements, indicating that the large TEC enhancement was created by extremely intense low-energy precipitation during the rapid substorm breakup.