ULF Geomagnetic Pulsations at High Latitudes: the Italian contribution

• Main Authors: Cafarella, L., De Lauretis, M., Di Mauro, D., Francia, P., Lepidi, S., Meloni, A., Palangio, P., Villante, U., Santarelli, L.
• Other Authors: Cafarella, L.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia, De Lauretis, M.; Univ. Aquila - Dip. Fisica, Di Mauro, D.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia, Francia, P.; Univ. Aquila - Dip. Fisica, Lepidi, S.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia, Meloni, A.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia, Palangio, P.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia, Villante, U.; Univ. Aquila - Dip. Fisica, Santarelli, L.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia, Univ. Aquila - Dip. Fisica
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 2007
• Subjects: Geomagnetic pulsations; high latitude geomagnetic observations; 05. General::05.07. Space and Planetary sciences::05.07.01. Solar-terrestrial interaction; Antarctic; Mario Zucchelli; Mario Zucchelli Station; Scott Base; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2122/3079; http://pub.igf.edu.pl/?action=showarticles&series=C&pub_id=96

The study of geomagnetic field variations in Antarctica is important in that local field lines are close to extreme magnetospheric regions, such as the polar cusp, where several generation mechanisms for ULF waves are active. Since the eighties, the Italian scientific community developed a research activity in Antarctica at Mario Zucchelli Station (TNB, CGM latitude 80°S), where magnetic facilities are continuously operating. In this review we present the experimental results obtained by a number of investigations conducted in the last years on geomagnetic pulsations in the Pc3-Pc5 frequency range. We also show compared analyses with measurements from other Antarctic and low latitude stations, and, in particular, a statistical analysis of propagation characteristics of low frequency geomagnetic field fluctuations between the two Antarctic stations, TNB and Scott Base. Published 360-365 N/A or not JCR open