Electron and proton shock aurora observed by IMAGE-FUV

The FUV instrument on the IMAGE (Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration) satellite monitors the aurora in three different spectral regions. The Wideband Imaging Camera (WIC) observes the molecular N_2 LBH and the atomic NI emissions at 140-180 nm. The two channels of the Spectrographic Imager (SI) observe the Doppler shifted Lyman-α emission at 121.8 nm due to precipitating protons (SI12) and the electron auroral emission of OI at 135.6 nm (SI13). Three simultaneous snapshots are recorded each 2 minutes. In this study, the FUV instrument allows a global viewing of the aurora with a high temporal resolution both in proton and electron. It is used to study the shock aurora resulting from the disturbance caused by the arrival of a coronal mass ejection on the front of the magnetosphere. A comparison between electron and proton injection features at global scale is performed for different isolated events with positive and negative interplanetary B_z. A correlation with IMF and solar wind parameters is presented as well as a description of the magnetosphere morphology given by the Tsyganenko model in the shock aurora period