Characteristics of Sq Variation of Geomagnetic Field at the Great Wall Station, Antarctica in Winter

• Main Authors: Changfa, Liu, Ping, Zhang, Chengmin, Jiao
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polar Research Institute of China - PRIC 1991
• Subjects: Great Wall Station; Midwinter; Advances in Polar Science; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Science
• Online Access: http://library.arcticportal.org/2030/; http://library.arcticportal.org/2030/1/A19910107.pdf

In this paper the characteristics of Sq variation of geomagnetic field in the region of the Chinese Great Wall Station (CGWS), Antarctica, in winter are analyzed from geomagnetic data obtained at the Geomagnetic Observatory of CGWS. The result enables us to reveal the following aspects: (1) The pattern of Sq variation at CGWS in early (Apr.) and Late winter (Sep.) is similar to that at Beijing Geomagnetic Observatory (BJO) at the middle latitude in the Northern Hemisphere. It may be controlled by the midlatitudinal ionospheric dynamo current. Amplitude of Sq variation is very small, and the harmonics in 8 hours or shorter periods in midwinter (June and July) is predominant because of the decreased effect of solar ultraviolet radiation and the dominant geomagnetic disturbance at high latitudes. (2) The vectors of Sq-equivalent current in the daytime (08 - 15h) and counterclockwise in the night in early and late winter. Both of the vectors are very small because of the effect of the current density in the ionosphere is relatively weak in midwinter. The direction of vectors of Sq-equivalent current at CGWS in early and late winter in different from that in midwinter. It may be affected by the ionospheric current and field-aligned current in the polar region.