The Auroral Station in Adventdalen, Svalbard

• Main Authors: Sigernes, F, Svenöe, T, Deehr, CS
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polar Research Institute of China - PRIC 2002
• Subjects: Svalbard; Longyearbyen; Adventdalen; Advances in Polar Science; Polar Science
• Online Access: http://library.arcticportal.org/2237/; http://library.arcticportal.org/2237/1/200201009.pdf

This paper describes the Auroral Station in Adventdalen near Longyearbyen, Svalbard (78°N, 15°E). The main instruments at the site are for optical observation of aurora and airglow, but magnetic and radar observations are also carried out. Emission spectra show the difference between the dayside and...