Coordinated Ground and Space Measurements of Auroral Surge over South Pole.

• Main Authors: Rosenberg, T J, Detrick, D L, Mizera, P F, Gorney, D J, Berkey, F T
• Other Authors: AEROSPACE CORP EL SEGUNDO CA SPACE SCIENCES LAB
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1988
• Subjects: Atmospheric Physics; *AURORAE; ABSORPTION; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRON IMPACT SPECTRA; EMISSION; GEOMAGNETISM; HIGH LATITUDES; INTENSITY; IONOSPHERE; LUMINOSITY; MAGNETOMETERS; MEASUREMENT; MOTION; PEAK VALUES; PHOTOMETERS; PRECIPITATION; RIOMETERS; STORMS; SURGES; VELOCITY; X RAYS; MAGNETIC STORMS; South Pole; Amundsen Scott South Pole Station; Amundsen-Scott; Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station; Antarctic; Antarc*; South pole
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA191164; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA191164

Coincident ground-based and satellite observations are presented of a premidnight auroral surge over Amundsen-Scott South Pole station. The set of near-simultaneous measurements provides an excellent opportunity to gain amore quantitative understanding of the nature of premidnight substorm activity...