AURORA is a time-dependent multi-stream electron transport code.
It is suitable for modeling the ionospheric electron fluxes when the electron precipitation varies rapidly, typically on sub-second timescales.
Below is an example of modeled ionospheric electron fluxes in response to a suprathermal electron burst measured by a rocket.
animation.mp4
Instructions are available in the documentation.
Descriptions of how the code works are available in Gustavsson (2022), in section 3 of Gavazzi (2022), and in this document.
If you use AURORA.jl in your work, please cite using the reference given in the Cite this repository button in the About section of this page. Note that the DOI refers to the general project and all its versions. Version-specific DOIs can be found on Zenodo.
Gavazzi, E. (2022). The effects of time-variation of electron fluxes from the auroral ionosphere on M-I coupling [Master thesis, UiT Norges arktiske universitet]. https://munin.uit.no/handle/10037/25897
Gustavsson, B. (2022). Time-Dependent Electron Transport I: Modelling of Supra-Thermal Electron Bursts Modulated at 5–10 Hz With Implications for Flickering Aurora. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 127(6), e2019JA027608. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JA027608