1.5 years of Polar UVI data was used to construct the Feature Tracking empirical model of Auroral Precipitation (FTA). A cumulative energy grid was tracked with the energy flux and the latitude position in each MLT bin for individual images. The auroral characteristics show linear relationships with the AE index depending on the MLT region. Thus, the FTA model was constructed to describe the global energy flux and the averaged energy as a function of the AE index based on the LBHl and LBHs emissions. Compared with two other empirical models, FTA predicted more consistent aurora with the observations on 17 March 2013 at higher activity levels.
Wu, C., Ridley, A. J., DeJong, A. D., & Paxton, L. J. (2021). FTA: A Feature Tracking Empirical Model Of Auroral Precipitation. Space Weather, 19, e2020SW002629. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020SW002629
