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Polar cap and other auroral events observed from Spitsbergen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

D. A. R. Simmons  and
K. Henriksen
D. A. R. Simmons
Affiliation:
21 Dougalston Ave, Milngavie, G62 6AP Scotland.
K. Henriksen
Affiliation:
The Auroral Observatory, University of Tromsø, N-9001 Tromsø, Norway.
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Abstract

A comprehensive visual and photographic record of a wide variety of auroral events was made from Spitsbergen during a prolonged period of clear weather that coincided with a remarkable resurgence in solar activity close to sunspot minimum. Using colour and interference-filter photography, the nature of the different auroral types was established and tentatively correlated with major flare events on the sun. At least three outstanding auroral substorms and three diffuse polar cap glows were generated by four large solar flares in the first half of February 1986. Many discrete polar cap aurorae were also observed in the same period.

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Polar Record , Volume 24 , Issue 149 , April 1988 , pp. 87 - 94
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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