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The auroral radiation, 3914 AO, received from the entire sky on a horizontal diffusing plate was monitored continuously during the nights of 1955-56 and 1956-57. The 1955-56 data and part of the 1956-57 data were used to obtain a diurnal curve for the sky luminosity in this wavelength. The auroral light increases to a broad maximum which lasts from magnetic midnight till dawn. The luminosity was found to correlate fairly well with absorption as inferred from F-min values and with (F Eg)2 and very well with the magnetic K indices.
Publication Date
9-17-1958
Recommended Citation
Murcray, W. B., "Photometric Studies of Auroral Luminosity and its Connection with Some Atmosphere Ionization Phenomena" (1958). GI Reports. 9.
https://scholarworks.alaska.edu/uaf_gi_reports/9
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http://hdl.handle.net/11122/3526