Extremely periodic pulsating aurora observed near L=6: A new type pulsating aurora

• Main Authors: Natsuo Sato, Takeshi Nagato, Thorsteinn Saemundsson
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: National Institute of Polar Research/University of Electro- Communications/Science Institute, University of Iceland 1999
• Subjects: Husafell; Syowa Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; Iceland; Advances in polar upper atmosphere research
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=6278; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00006278/; https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=6278&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1

Extremely periodic pulsating aurora, a new type pulsating aurora, was detected by three photometers (directing towards the zenith and 45° N and S in the meridian plane, for 427.8 nm emission) at Husafell in Iceland on 18-19 December 1985. We examined the characteristics of the pulsating auroras and...