An investigation of the morphology of the auroral display of 1957-58
| dc.contributor.author | Davis, T. Neil | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-09-26T00:49:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-09-26T00:49:18Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1961-04 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11122/15411 | |
| dc.description | UAG R-117; Scientific Report No. 1 | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | National Science Foundation Grant No. G14782 | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | Figure titles (figures appear at end of text) – List of tables – Summary – Chapter I Introduction – Chapter II Instrumentation and the interpretation of all-sky films – 2.1 Description of the all-sky cameras – 2.2 Appearance and identification of auroral forms – 2.3 Evaluation and interpretation of all-sky camera data – 2.4 Analysis techniques – 2.4.1 Cinematic projection of film – 2.4.2 Synoptic mapping of auroral forms – 2.4.3 Methods of scaling for statistical analyses – Chapter III Statistical studies using Alaska data – 3.1 Previous investigation in Alaska – 3.2 Analysis of data for diurnal and latitudinal variations – 3.3 The diurnal variations of auroral phenomena – 3.4 The latitudinal variation of auroral activity near the auroral zone – 3.5 Latitude and time variations near the auroral zone – 3.6 Characteristic of small and large auroral displays – 3.7 Auroral incidence related to College K-indices – Chapter IV Detailed analyses of auroral data – 4.1 Detailed synoptic mapping – 4.2 Discussion of the synoptic maps – 4.3 East-west auroral motion and the magnetic disturbance at College – 4.4 Summary of the characteristics of the auroral displays, February 12-26, 1958 – 4.5 The speed of east-west auroral motions – 4.6 The alignment of auroral forms at high latitude – 4.7 The diurnal variation of auroral occurrence at high latitude – Chapter V Interpretation of the results – 5.1 Conversion of local time to ‘approximate’ geomagnetic time – 5.2 The variation of auroral alignment with ‘approximate’ geomagnetic time and geomagnetic latitude; formulation of the auroral pattern – 5.3 The variation of the incidence and alignment of auroras with ‘approximate’ geomagnetic time and geomagnetic latitude – 5.4 Summary of interrelations between the aurora and magnetic disturbance – 5.5 On the simultaneity of auroras at conjugate points in the southern and northern hemispheres – 5.6 Discussion of recent auroral theories – Acknowledgements – References. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks | en_US |
| dc.subject | Auroras | en_US |
| dc.title | An investigation of the morphology of the auroral display of 1957-58 | en_US |
| dc.type | Report | en_US |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2024-09-26T00:49:20Z |
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