Results from Rocket Missions

- CAPER launched and instruments functioned nominally.

- SAL launched successfully and the dust detector work beautifully.

- Results from Auroral Turbulence II

PUBLICATIONS

K. A. Lynch, R. B. Torbert, M. Chutter, R. E. Erlandson, C. Meng, J. Zetzer, B. Gavrilov, and Y. Kiselev, "APEX North Star particle data", to be submitted to Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, March 2001.
===Apex===

T. J. Hallinan, J. Kimball, H. C. Stenbaek-Nielsen, K. Lynch, R. Arnoldy, J. Bonnell, and P. Kintner, "Relation between optical emissions, particles, electric fields, and Alfven waves in a multiple rayed arc", J. Geophys. Res., in press, 2001.
===Amicist===

J. Semeter, J. Vogt, G. Haerendel, K. Lynch, and R. Arnoldy, "Persistent quasiperiodic precipitation of suprathermal ambient electrons in decaying auroral arcs", J. Geophy. Res., in press, 2001.
===Phaze2===

K. Lynch, R. Arnoldy, P. Kintner, P. Schuck, J. Bonnell, and V. Coffey, ``Auroral ion acceleration from lower hybrid solitary structures: a summary of sounding rocket observations'', J. Geophys. Res., December 1999.
===Topaz3, Amicist, Phaze2===

K. Lynch, D. Pietrowski, R. Torbert, N. Ivchenko, G. Marklund, and F. Primdahl, ``Multiple-point electron measurements in a nightside auroral arc: Auroral Turbulence II particle observations'', Geophys. Res. Letts., November, 1999.
===Auroral Turbulence 2===

D. Pietrowski, K. Lynch, et al., ``Multipoint measurements of large DC electric fields and shears in the auroral zone'', Geophys. Res. Letts., November, 1999.
===Auroral Turbulence 2===

N. Ivchenko, G. Marklund, K. Lynch, et al., ``Quasiperiodic oscillations observed at the edge of an auroral arc by Auroral Turbulence II'', Geophys. Res. Letts., November, 1999.
===Auroral Turbulence 2===

R. L. Arnoldy, K. A. Lynch, and J. B. Austin, "Energy and pitch angle dispersed auroral electrons suggesting a time-variable, inverted-V potential structure", J. Geophys. Res., vol. 104, 1999, p. 22613
===Phaze2===

L. J. Gelinas, K. A. Lynch, M. C. Kelley, S. Collins, S. Baker, Q. Zhou, J. Friedman, ``First observation of meteoric charged dust in the tropical mesosphere'', Geophys. Res. Letts., 1998.
===SAL===

K. A. Lynch, R. L. Arnoldy, P. M. Kintner, and J. Bonnell, ``The AMICIST Auroral Sounding Rocket: A Comparison of Transverse Ion Acceleration Mechanisms'', Geophys. Res. Lett., vol. 23, p. 3293, Nov. 1996.
===Amicist===

R. L. Arnoldy, K. A. Lynch, P. M. Kintner, J. Bonnell, T. E. Moore, and C. J. Pollock, ``SCIFER -- Structure of the Cleft Ion Fountain at 1400 km Altitude'', Geophys. Res. Lett., vol. 23, July, 1996.
===Scifer===

Lynch, K.A., R.L. Arnoldy, P.M. Kintner, and J. Vago, "Electron Distribution Function Behavior During Transverse Ion Acceleration Events in the Topside Auroral Zone", J. Geophys. Res., vol. 99, p. 2227, 1994.
===Topaz3===

Vago, J., et al., "Transverse Ion Acceleration by Localized Lower Hybrid Waves in the Topside Auroral Ionosphere, J. Geophys. Res., vol. 97, p. 16935, 1992.
===Topaz3===

Kintner, P.M. et al., "Localized Lower Hybrid Acceleration of Ionospheric Plasma", Phys. Rev. Lett., 68(16), 2448, 1992.
===Topaz3===

Arnoldy, R.L. et al., "Bursts of Transverse Ion Acceleration at Rocket Altitudes", Geophys. Res. Lett., vol. 19, p. 413, 1992.
===Topaz3===

Gelinas, L.J., Kelley, M.C., et al., Mid-latitude E resion instabilites in its simplest form: evidence for highly localized unstable regions, to be submitted,Geophys. Res. Lett., special Coqui II issue, 1999.

L.J. Gelinas, Lynch, K.A., Kelley, M.C., et al., First observation of meteoric charged dust in the tropical mesosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 4047-4050, 1998.

Recent PhD Theses:

May 2001 (expected), UNH
Yihua Zheng
"Multipoint Measurements of Field Aligned Current Density in the Auroral Zone"
===Enstrophy===

May 2000, UNH
David Pietrowski
"Multipoint Measurements of Large Electric Fields and Shears in the Auroral Zone"
===Auroral Turbulence 2===

May 1999, UNH
Lynette Gelinas
"An In-Situ Measurement of Charged Mesospheric Dust During a Sporadic Atom Layer Event"
===SAL===

RECENT PRESENTATIONS

2000 Spring AGU, Washington: Lynch et al., ``Auroral ion acceleration in return-current-regions: ion distribution function patterns as indicators of parallel electric field processes''; Torbert et al., ``APEX North Star: Electron and Ion Observations of an Al+ Plasma Jet''; Boehm et al., ``The Enstrophy Sounding Rocket: Direct Measurements of the Curl of B using Multiple Free Flyer Magnetometers''.

January 2000, Boston University, Boston: ``Dynamics of the Northern Lights: Separating Time and Space''

January 2000, URSI, Boulder: ``Measurement Techniques for Electric Currents in Space Plasmas''

1999 Fall AGU, San Francisco: Lynch et al., ``Proper motion and ray motion of a nightside auroral arc: multiple-point sounding rocket electron observations''; Semeter et al., ``Observational evidence for the ionospheric feedback instability and the alfven resonator cavity''; Pietrowski et al., ``Multipoint Measurements of Electric Field Shears in the Auroral Zone''; Zheng et al., ``Multi-Point Magnetic Field Measurement Results from the Enstrophy Sounding Rocket Mission'';

October 1999, Christa McAuliffe Planetarium, ``What Makes the Northern Lights Dance?''

August 1999, IPELS meeting, Bavaria, ``Multiple-point in-situ observations of the nightside auroral zone''

June 1999, Sounding Rocket Users Group, GSFC, ``Multiple free-flyer magnetometer measurements of auroral electric currents: results from the Enstrophy sounding rocket mission''

URSI - INVITED, Observations of Charged Dust in the Tropical Mesosphere
L J Gelinas

Fall AGU, 1998 - INVITED, In Situ Observations of Ionospheric and Atmospheric Parameters During a Sudden Atom Layer Event
L J Gelinas


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