Diurnal and seasonal occurrence of polar patches

• Published in: Annales Geophysicae
• Main Authors: Rodger, A. S., Graham, A. C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer 1996
• Subjects: Midwinter; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/515272/; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00585-996-0533-5

Analysis of the diurnal and seasonal variation of polar patches, as identified in two years of HF-radar data from Halley, Antarctica during a period near sunspot maximum, shows that there is a broad maximum in occurrence centred about magnetic noon, not local noon. There are minima in occurrence nea...