Intense dayside Joule heating during the 5 April 2010 geomagnetic storm recovery phase observed by AMIE and AMPERE

While these periods are usually considered "quiet," they can lead to intense, but highly localized, energy deposition into the dayside ionosphere. We identify such an occurrence during a series of two geomagnetic storms on 5 April 2010.

Using data from the Active Magnetosphere and Planetary Electrodynamics Response Experiment (AMPERE) for the first time as an input to the Assimilative Mapping of Ionospheric Electrodynamics (AMIE) algorithm, we show that during the recovery phase of the first storm there is intense ionospheric Joule heating in the dayside polar regions. This is associated with an intense field-aligned current pair near the noon meridian that is associated with northward IMF and a strong IMF By component.