Report of Japan-Norway balloon campaign at Andoya and Stamsund, 1982

• Main Authors: Hisao Yamagishi, Takayuki Ono, Hiroshi Fukunishi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: National Institute of Polar Research 1983
• Subjects: Geography (General); G1-922; Norway; Stamsund; Northern Norway
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15094/00008372; https://doaj.org/article/0052e60beae548ae84c8cd8da3f26c6b

This report describes a result of the Japanese balloon campaign carried out in March 1982,at Stamsund (68°09′N, 13°46′E) in northern Norway. The objective of this campaign was to study auroral particle precipitation and related ionospheric phenomena. Two balloons were successfully launched on March 19 and 20,1982. The first one was launched in the recovery phase of an auroral substorm, and X-ray pulsation and microburst, correlated well with VLF emissions, were observed. The second one was launched at the substorm time, and the change of the ionospheric electric field direction was observed in association with auroral activities. The process of planning, the preparation and the operation for this campaign are also described for the convenience of future balloon campaign.