The auroral occurrence over Zhongshan Station, Antarctica

Kazuo Makita; Natsuo Sato

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The auroral occurrence over Zhongshan Station, Antarctica

Kazuo Makita4, Natsuo Sato3

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Vol. 10, Issue 2, pp. 101-109 (1999) •

First published at: Jun 01, 1999

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The auroral data observed by all sky TV camera during 1995 and 1997 at Zhongshan Station of Antarctica are used to analyze the statistic characteristics of the aurora over Zhongshan Station. Around postnoon (1200 - 1600UT) and midnight (2000 - 0100 UT), the aurora appears more frequently and stronger than those in evening (1600- 2000UT). The corona type auroras mainly occur at poleward and overhead of Zhongshan Station during postnoon and around midnight. The hand type auroras mainly appear during postnoon. while during evening and around midnight only appear at equatorward. The active surges mostly appear around midnight, while the transpolar arcs mainly occur after midnight. Except for the transpolar arcs. the occurrences of the other three type auroras are related with Kp index. Usually Zhongshan Station enters the auroral oval at postnoon, the exact time depends on Kp index.

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1.Department of Radio Science and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
2.Polar Research Institute of China, Shanghai 200129, China
3.National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo 173, Japan
4.Takushoku University, Tokyo 193, Japan
4.Takushoku University, Tokyo 193, Japan

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