Polar/VIS Publications
L. A. Frank et al.
Department of Physics and Astronomy
The
1995
1.
Frank, L. A., J. B. Sigwarth, J.
D. Craven, J. P. Cravens, J. S. Dolan, M. R. Dvorsky, P. K. Hardebeck, J. D.
Harvey and D. Muller, The Visible Imaging System (VIS) for the Polar
Spacecraft, Space Sci. Rev., 71, 297-328, 1995.
1997
2.
Pulkkinen, T. I., D. N. Baker, N.
E. Turner, H. J. Singer, L. A. Frank, J. B. Sigwarth, J. Scudder, R. Anderson,
S. Kokubun, R. Nakamura, T. Mukai, J. B. Blake, C. T. Russell, H. Kawano, F.
Mozer and J. A. Slavin, Solar Wind-Magnetosphere Coupling during an Isolated
Substorm Event: A Multispacecraft ISTP
Study, Geophys. Res. Lett., 24, 983-986, 1997.
3.
Frank, L. A. and J. B. Sigwarth,
Transient Decreases of Earth's Far-Ultraviolet Dayglow, Geophys. Res.
Lett., 24, 2423-2426, 1997.
4.
Frank, L. A. and J. B. Sigwarth,
Simultaneous Observations of Transient Decreases of Earth's Far-Ultraviolet
Dayglow With Two Cameras, Geophys. Res. Lett.,
24, 2427-2430, 1997.
5.
Frank, L. A. and J. B. Sigwarth,
Detection of Atomic Oxygen Trails of Small Comets in the Vicinity of Earth, Geophys.
Res. Lett., 24, 2431-2434, 1997.
6.
Frank, L. A. and J. B. Sigwarth,
Trails of OH Emissions From Small Comets Near Earth, Geophys.
Res. Lett., 24, 2435-2438, 1997.
7.
Frank, L. A. and J. B. Sigwarth,
On the Influx of Small Comets into Earth's Atmosphere, Proceedings of
the 1997 International Symposium on Instruments, Methods, and Missions for the
Investigation of Extraterrestrial Microorganisms, San Diego, California, SPIE
Vol. 3111, pp. 238-248, 1997.
1998
8.
Pulkkinen, T. I., D. N. Baker, L.
A. Frank, J. B. Sigwarth, H. J. Opgenoorth, R. Greenwald, E. Friis-Christensen,
T. Mukai, R. Nakamura and H. Singer, Two Substorm Intensifications
Compared: Onset, Expansion, and Global
Consequences, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 15-27, 1998.
9.
Chang, S.-W., J. D. Scudder, J.
B. Sigwarth, L. A. Frank, N. C. Maynard, W. J. Burke, W. K. Peterson, E. G.
Shelley, R. Friedel, J. B. Blake, R. A. Greenwald, R. P. Lepping, G. J. Sofko,
J.-P. Villain and M. Lester, A Comparison of a Model
for the Theta
10.
Frank, L. A., J. B. Sigwarth and
W. R. Paterson, High-Resolution Global Images of Earth's Auroras During
Substorms, in Substorms-4, International Conference on
Substorms-4, Lake Hamana, Japan, March 9-13, 1998, eds. S. Kokubun and Y.
Kamide, pp. 3-8, Terra Scientific Publishing Company, Tokyo, Japan, 1998.
11.
Tagirov, V. R., V. A. Arinin, C. I.
Meng, D. G. Sibeck, A. T. Y. Lui, K. Liou, A. G. Ivanov, L. A. Frank, D. Morgan
and G. Parks, Comparison of Two Substorm Onsets on the Basis of Coordinated
Ground-Satellite Observations, in Substorms-4, International
Conference on Substorms-4, Lake Hamana, Japan, March 9-13, 1998, eds. S.
Kokubun and Y. Kamide, pp. 339-342, Terra Scientific Publishing Company, Tokyo,
Japan, 1998.
12.
Anderson, R. R., D. A. Gurnett,
L. A. Frank, J. B. Sigwarth, H. Matsumoto, K. Hashimoto, H. Kojima, Y. Kasaba,
M. L. Kaiser, G. Rostoker, J.-L. Bougeret, J. L. Steinberg, I. Nagano, T.
Murata, H. J. Singer, T. G. Onsager and M. F. Thomsen, Geotail, Polar, Wind,
CANOPUS, and ISTP Associated Geosynchronous Satellite Observations of Plasma
Wave Emissions and Related Magnetospheric Phenomena During Substorms, in Substorms-4,
International Conference on Substorms-4, Lake Hamana, Japan, March 9-13, 1998,
eds. S. Kokubun and Y. Kamide, pp. 567-572, Terra Scientific Publishing
Company, Tokyo, Japan, 1998.
13.
Sandahl,
1999
14.
Frank, L. A. and J. B. Sigwarth,
A Search for Coastline Effects on the Auroras, J. Atmos. Solar-Terr.
Phys., 61, 879-901, 1999.
15.
Pickett, J. S., D. A. Gurnett, J.
D. Menietti, M. J. LeDocq, J. D. Scudder, L. A. Frank, J. B. Sigwarth, K. L.
Ackerson, D. D. Morgan, J. R. Franz, P. M. Kintner, B. T. Tsurutani, C. M. Ho,
J. Chen, T. A. Fritz, C. T. Russell, W. K. Peterson, Y. Kasahara, I. Kimura, S.
Watanabe, G. G. Arkos, G. Rostoker, S. Kokubun, H. Fukunishi, R. F. Pfaff, F.
S. Mozer, S.-Y. Hsieh, T. Mukai and M. O. Chandler, Plasma Waves Observed
During Cusp Energetic Particle Events and Their Correlation With Polar and
Akebono Satellite and Ground Data, Adv. Space Res., 24,
23-33, 1999.
16.
Frank, L. A. and J. B. Sigwarth,
Atmospheric Holes: Instrumental and
Geophysical Effects, J. Geophys. Res., 104,
115-141, 1999.
17.
Pulkkinen, T. I., D. N. Baker, L.
L. Cogger, L. A. Frank, J. B. Sigwarth, S. Kokubun, T. Mukai, H. J. Singer, K.
Ogilvie, J. A. Slavin and L. Zelenyi, Spatial Extent and Dynamics of a Thin
Current Sheet During the Substorm Growth Phase on December 10, 1996, J. Geophys.
Res., 104, 28,475-28,490, 1999.
18.
Frank, L. A. and J. B. Sigwarth,
Comment on 'A Search for Small Comets With the Naval Space Radar,' by S.
Knowles et al., J. Geophys. Res., 104,
22,605-22,607, 1999.
19.
Nakamura, R., G. Haerendel, W.
Baumjohann, A. Vaivads, H. Kucharek, B. Klecker, E. Georgescu, J. Birn, L. M.
Kistler, T. Mukai, S. Kokubun, P. Eglitis, L. A. Frank and J. B. Sigwarth,
Substorm Observations in the Early Morning Sector With Equator-S and Geotail, Ann.
Geophys., 17, 1602-1610, 1999.
2000
20.
Henderson, M. G., G. D. Reeves,
A. M. Jorgensen, H. E. Spence, L. A. Frank, J. B. Sigwarth, J. F. Fennell, J.
L. Roeder, J. B. Blake, K. Yumoto and S. Bourdarie, Polar CEPPAD/IPS Energetic
Neutral Atom (ENA) Images of a Substorm Injection, Adv. Space Res.,
25, 2407-2416, 2000.
21.
Frank, L. A. and J. B. Sigwarth,
Findings Concerning the Positions of Substorm Onsets With
Auroral Images From the Polar Spacecraft, J. Geophys. Res.,
105, 12,747-12,761, 2000. (correction due to publisher's error J. Geophys.
Res., 105, 18,919-18,920, 2000.)
22.
Sigwarth, J. B. and L. A. Frank,
Comment on ‘Atmospheric Holes are Not Small Comets,’ by A. W. Harris, J.
Geophys. Res., 105, 18,581-18,584, 2000.
23.
Frank, L. A., W. R. Paterson, J.
B. Sigwarth and S. Kokubun, Observations of Magnetic Field Dipolarization
During Auroral Substorm Onset, J. Geophys. Res., 105,
15,897-15,912, 2000.
24.
Cummer, S. A., R. R. Vondrak, N.
Østgaard, J. Stadsnes, J. Bjordal, D. L. Chenette, M. J. Brittnacher, G. K.
Parks, J. B. Sigwarth and L. A. Frank, Global Multispectral Auroral Imaging of
an Isolated Substorm, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27,
637-640, 2000.
25.
Lui, A. T. Y., K. Liou, P. T.
Newell, C. -I. Meng, S. Ohtani, R. W. McEntire, N. J. Fox, R. P. Lepping, W. R.
Paterson, J. B. Sigwarth, L. A. Frank, S. Kokubun, G. K. Parks, T. Moretto, and
K. Yumoto, Conjunction of Tail Satellites for Substorm Study: ISTP Event of 1997 January 2, Geophys.
Res. Lett., 27, 1831-1834, 2000.
26.
Koskinen, H. E. J., A. M. Malkki,
T. I. Pulkkinen, I. Sandahl, E. Y. Budnik, A. O. Fedorov, R. A. Greenwald, K.
B. Baker, L. A. Frank, J. B. Sigwarth and W. K. Peterson, Observations of
Plasma Entry into the Magnetosphhere at Late Magnetic Local Times, Coordinated
Measurements of Magnetospheric Processes, Adv. Space Res.,
25(7/8), 1617-1622, 2000.
27.
Jorgensen, A. M., L. Kepko, M. G.
Henderson, H. E. Spence, G. D. Reeves, J. B. Sigwarth and L. A. Frank, The Association
of Energetic Neutral Atom (ENA) Bursts and Magnetospheric Substorms, J. Geophys.
Res., 105, 18,753-18,763, 2000.
28.
Cummer, S. A., R. R. Vondrak, R.
F. Pfaff, J. W. Gjerloev, C. W. Carlson, R. E. Ergun, W. J. Peria, R. C. Elphic, R. J.
Strangeway, J. B. Sigwarth and L. A. Frank, Auroral Surge Currents and
Electrodynamics with FAST and VIS, in Magnetospheric Current Systems,
ed. Shin-ichi Ohtani, pp. 191-198, American Geophysical Union, 2000.
2001
29.
Raeder, J., R. L. McPherron, L.
A. Frank, S. Kokubun, G. Lu, T. Mukai, W. R. Paterson, J. B. Sigwarth, H.
Singer, and J. A. Slavin, Global Simulation of the Geospace Environment
Modeling Substorm Challenge Event, J. Geophys. Res., 106,
381-395, 2001.
30.
Lyons, L. R., R. L. McPherron, E.
Zesta, G. D. Reeves, J. B. Sigwarth and L. A. Frank, Timing of Substorm
Signatures During the November 24, 1996, Geospace Environment Modeling Event, J.
Geophys. Res., 106, 349-359, 2001.
31.
Frank, L. A. and J. B. Sigwarth,
Detection of Small Comets With a Ground-Based
Telescope, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 3665-3683, 2001.
32.
Frank, L. A., J. B. Sigwarth, W.
R. Paterson and S. Kokubun, Two Encounters of the Substorm Onset Region With
the Geotail Spacecraft, J. Geophys. Res., 106,
5811-5831, 2001.
33.
Ober, D. M., N. C. Maynard, W. J.
Burke, W. K. Peterson, J. B. Sigwarth, L. A. Frank, J. D. Scudder, W. J. Hughes
and C. T. Russell, Electrodynamics of the Poleward Auroral Border Observed by
Polar During a Substorm on April 22, 1998, J. Geophys. Res.,
106, 5927-5943, 2001.
34.
Conde, M., J. D. Craven, T.
Immel, E. Hoch, H. Stenbaek-Nielsen, T. Hallinan, R. W. Smith, J. Olson, W.
Sun, L. A. Frank and J. Sigwarth, Assimilated Observations of Thermospheric
Winds, the Aurora, and Ionospheric Currents Over Alaska, J. Geophys.
Res., 106, 10,493-10,508, 2001.
35.
McWilliams, K. A., T. K. Yeoman,
J. B. Sigwarth, L. A. Frank and M. Brittnacher, The Dayside Ultraviolet Aurora and
Convection Responses to a Southward Turning of the Interplanetary Magnetic
Field, Ann. Geophys., 19, 707-721, 2001.
36.
Frank, L. A. and J. B. Sigwarth,
Comment on ‘An Optical Search for Small Comets,’ by R. L. Mutel and J. D. Fix, J.
Geophys. Res., 106, 24,857-24,862, 2001.
37.
Frank, L. A., W. R. Paterson, J.
B. Sigwarth and T. Mukai, Observations of Plasma Sheet Dynamics Earthward of
the Onset Region With the Geotail Spacecraft, J. Geophys. Res.,
106, 18,823-18,841, 2001.
38.
McWilliams, K. A., S. E. Milan,
T. K. Yeoman, J. B. Sigwarth, L. A. Frank and M. Brittnacher, Interplanetary
Magnetic Field By Dependence of the
Relative Position of the Dayside Ultraviolet Auroral Oval and the HF Radar
Cusp, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 29,027-29,036, 2001.
39.
Henderson, M. G., L. Kepko, H. E.
Spence, M. Connors, J. B. Sigwarth, L. A. Frank, H. J. Singer and K. Yumoto,
The Evolution of North-South Aligned Auroral Forms into Auroral Torch
Structures: The Generation of Omega
Bands and Ps6 Pulsations Via Flow Bursts, submitted to
Geophys. Res. Lett., 2001.
40.
Neudegg, D. A., S. W. H. Crowley,
K. A. McWilliams, M. Lester, T. K. Yeoman, J. B. Sigwarth, G. Haerendel, W.
Baumjohann, U. Auster, G.-H. Fornacon
and E. Georgescu, The UV aurora and ionospheric flows during flux transfer
events, Ann. Geophys. 19, 2 (2001) 179-188.
2002
41.
Ohtani, S., R. Yamaguchi, H.
Kawano, F. Creutzberg, J. B. Sigwarth, L. A. Frank and T. Mukai, Does the
Braking of the Fast Plasma Flow Trigger a Substorm?: A Study of the August 14, 1996, Event, Geophys.
Res. Lett., 29(15), 1721, DOI 10.1029/2001GL013785, 2002.
42.
Frank, L. A., W. R. Paterson and
J. B. Sigwarth, Observations of Plasma Injection Into the Ring Current During
Substorm Expansive Phase, J. Geophys. Res., 107(A11),
1343, DOI 10.1029/2001JA000169, 2002.
43.
Lyons, L. R., E. Zesta, Y. Xu, E.
R. Sánchez, J. C. Samson, G. D. Reeves, J. M. Ruohoniemi and J. B. Sigwarth,
Auroral Poleward Boundary Intensifications and Tail Bursty Flows: A Manifestation of a Large-Scale ULF Oscillation,
J. Geophys. Res., 107(A11), 1352, DOI
10.1029/2001JA000242, 2002.
44.
Henderson, M. G., L. Kepko, H. E.
Spence, M. Connors, J. B. Sigwarth, L. A. Frank, H. J. Singer and K. Yumoto,
The Evolution of North-South Aligned Auroral Forms into Auroral Torch
Structures: The Generation of Omega
Bands and Ps6 Pulsations via Flow Bursts, in Sixth International Conference
on Substorms, University of Washington, Seattle, March 25-29, 2002, ed.
R. M. Winglee, pp. 169-174, University of Washington press, 2002.
45.
El-Alaoui, M., M. Ashour-Abdalla,
R. L. Richard, L. A. Frank, W. R. Paterson and J. B. Sigwarth, Distinct
Magnetospheric Responses to Southward IMF in Two Substorms, in Sixth International
Conference on Substorms, University of Washington, Seattle, March
25-29, 2002, ed. R. M. Winglee, pp. 352-357, University of Washington press,
2002.
46.
Ivchenko, N., P. Eglitis, M.
Berthomier, L. Peticolas, A. Kullen, G. Marklund, L. Frank, J. Sigwarth, K.
Kauristie and M. Brittnacher, Field Aligned Current Structures and Associated
Pulsations During Substorm Recovery, submitted to J.
Geophys. Res., 2002.
47.
Grocott, A., S. W. H. Cowley, J.
B. Sigwarth, J. F. Watermann and T. K. Yeoman,
Excitation of Twin-Vortex Flow in the Nightside High-Latitude Ionosphere
during an Isolated Substorm, Ann.
Geophys., 20, 509-538, 2003.
2003
48.
Gjerloev
J. W., R. A. Hoffman,
49.
Maynard, N. C., W. J. Burke, J.
Moen, D. M. Ober, J. D. Scudder, J. B. Sigwarth, G. L. Siscoe, B. U. Ö.
Sonnerup, W. W. White, K. D. Siebert, D. R. Weimer, G. M. Erickson, L. A.
Frank, M. Lester, W. K. Peterson, C. T. Russell, G. R. Wilson and A. Egeland,
Responses of the Open-Closed Field Line Boundary in the Evening Sector to IMF
Changes: A Source Mechanism for
Sun-aligned Arcs, J. Geophys. Res., 108(A1), 1006,
DOI 10.1029/2001JA000174, 2003.
50.
Frank, L. A. and J. B. Sigwarth,
Simultaneous Images of the Northern and
51.
Frank, L. A. and J. B. Sigwarth,
Reply to "Comment on 'Detection of Small Comets With a Ground-Based
Telescope' by L. A. Frank and J. B. Sigwarth," by R. L. Mutel and J. D.
Fix, J. Geophys. Res., 108(A5), 1172, DOI
10.1029/2002JA009469, 2003.
52.
Pulkkinen, T. I., E. I.
Tanskanen, M. Wiltberger, J. A. Slavin, T. Nagai, G. D. Reeves, L. A. Frank and
J. B. Sigwarth, Magnetotail Flows Can Consume as Much Solar Wind Energy as a
Substorm, J. Geophys. Res., 108(A8), 1326, DOI
10.1029/2001JA009132, 2003.
53.
Østgaard, N., S. B. Mende, H. U.
Frey, L. A. Frank and J. B. Sigwarth, Observations of Non-Conjugate Theta
Aurora, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(21), 2125, DOI
10.1029/2003GL017914, 2003.
54.
Grocott, A., S. W. H. Cowley and
J. B. Sigwarth, Ionospheric Flow during Extended Intervals of Northward but By-dominated
IMF, Ann. Geophys., 21, 509-538, 2003.
2004
55.
Østgaard, N., S. B. Mende, H. U.
Frey, T. J. Immel, L. A. Frank, J. B. Sigwarth and T. J. Stubbs, Interplanetary
Magnetic Field Control of the Location of Substorm Onset and Auroral Features
in the Conjugate Hemispheres, J. Geophys. Res., 109,
AO7204, DOI 10.1029/2003JA010370, 2004.
56.
Gjerloev, J. W., R. A. Hoffman,
M. M. Friel, L. A. Frank and J. B. Sigwarth, Substorm Behaviour of the Auroral
Electrojet Indices, Ann. Geophys., 22, 2135-2149, 2004.
2005
57.
Ahn, B.-H., G. X. Chen, W. Sun,
J. W. Gjerloev, Y. Kamide, J. B. Sigwarth and L. A. Frank, Equatorward
Expansion of the Westward Electrojet during Magnetically Disturbed Periods, J.
Geophys. Res., 110, A01305, DOI 10.1029/2004JA010553,
2005.
58.
Østgaard, N., N. A. Tsyganenko,
S. B. Mende, H. U. Frey, T. J. Immel, M. Fillingim, L. A. Frank and J. B.
Sigwarth, Observations and Model Predictions of Substorm Auroral Asymmetries in
the Conjugate Hemispheres, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32,
L05111, DOI 10.1029/2004GL022166, 2005.
59.
Østgaard
N., S. B. Mende, H. U. Frey, J. B. Sigwarth, Simultaneous Imaging of the
Reconnection Spot in the Opposite Hemispheres during Northward IMF, Geophys.
Res. Lett., 32, L21104, doi:10.1029/2005GL024491,
2005.
60.
Rastätter
L., M. Hesse, M. Kuznetsova, J. B. Sigwarth, J. Raeder, T. I. Gombosi, Polar
Cap Size during 14–16 July 2000 (Bastille Day) Solar Coronal Mass Ejection Event:
MHD Modeling and Satellite Imager Observations, J. Geophys. Res.,
110, A07212, DOI 10.1029/2004JA010672, 2005.
61.
Stubbs, T. J., R. R. Vondrak, N.
Østgaard, J. B. Sigwarth and L. A. Frank, Simultaneous Observations of the
Auroral Ovals in Both Hemispheres Under Varying Conditions, Geophys. Res.
Lett., 32, L03103, DOI 10.1029/2004GL021199, 2005.
62.
Titova, E. E., A. G. Yahnin, O.
Santolik, D. A. Gurnett, F. Jiricek, J.-L. Rauch, F. Lefeuvre, L. A. Frank, J.
B. Sigwarth and M. M. Mogilevsky, The Relationship between Auroral Hiss at High
Altitudes over the Polar Caps and the Substorm Dynamics of Aurora, Ann. Geophys.,
23, 2117-2128, 2005.
63.
Ahn, B.-H., G. X. Chen, W. Sun,
J. W. Gjerloev, Y. Kamide, J. B. Sigwarth and L. A. Frank, The Lowest Possible
Latitude of the Westward Electrojet during Severly Disturbed Periods, in Multiscale
Coupling of Sun-Earth Processes, ed. A. T. Y. Lui,
Y. Kamide and G. Consolini, pp. 145-156, Elsevier B. V., 2005.
2006
64.
65.
Østgaard, N., S. B.Mende, H. U.
Frey, J. B. Sigwarth, A. Aasnes, J. M. Weygand, Auroral Conjugacy Studies Based
on Global Imaging, J. Atmos. Terr. Phys., 2006.
66.
Østgaard,
N., S. B. Mende, H. U. Frey, J. B. Sigwarth, A. Aasnes, and J. M. Weygand,
Conjugate Imaging of Substorms, Int. Conf. Substorms-8, 2006.
2007
67.
Gjerloev, J. W., R. A.
Hoffman, J. B. Sigwarth and L. A. Frank,
Statistical description of the bulge-type auroral substorm in the far
ultraviolet, J. Geophys. Res., DOI 10.1029/ 2006JA012189,
2007.
2008
68.
Miyashita,
Y., K. Hosokawa, T. Hori,
Y. Kamide, A. S. Yukimatu, M. Fujimoto,
T. Mukai, S. Machida, N. Sato,
Y. Saito, I. Shinohara, and J.
B. Sigwarth, Response of Large-Scale
Ionospheric Convection to Substorm Expansion Onsets: A Case Study,
J. Geophys. Res., 113, A12309, DOI 10.1029/2008JA013586, 2008.
69.
Gjerloev,
J. W., R. A. Hoffman, J. B. Sigwarth, L. A. Frank, J. B. H. Baker, Typical
Auroral Substorm: A Bifurcated Oval, J.
Geophys. Res., 113, AO3211, DOI
10.1029/2007JA012431, 2008.
2009
2010
70.
Saito,
M. H., Y. Miyashita, Y., M. Fujimoto, K. Liou, S. Machida, Y. Saito, and J.
B. Sigwarth, Stepwise Feature of Aurora during Substorm Expansion Compared with
the Near-Earth Tail Dipolarization: Possible Types of Substorm Dynamics, J. Geophys. Res., 115,
A02207, DOI 10.1029/2009JA014582, 2010.
71.
Hoffman, R. A., J. W. Gjerloev,
L. A. Frank and J. B. Sigwarth, Are There Optical Differences between
Storm-Time Substorms and Isolated Substorms?,
Ann. Geophys., 28, 1183-1198, 2010.
72.
Henderson, M. G., E. F. Donovan,
J. C. Foster, I. R. Mann, T. J. Immel, S. B. Mende and J. B. Sigwarth, Start-to-End Global Imaging
of a Sunward Propagating, SAPS-Associated Giant Undulation Event, J. Geophys.
Res., 115, A04210, DOI 10.1029/ 2009JA014106, 2010.