Northern and Southern Hemisphere Polar Cap Indices: to what extent do they agree and to what extent should they agree?

• Main Author: Lockwood, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley (via American Geophysical Union) 2023
• Subjects: Greenland; The ''Y''; Qaanaaq; Antarc*; Antarctica; Thule
• Online Access: https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/112379/; https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/112379/9/JGR%20Space%20Physics%20-%202023%20-%20Lockwood%20-%20Northern%20and%20Southern%20Hemisphere%20Polar%20Cap%20Indices%20%20To%20What%20Extent%20Do%20They%20Agree%20and.pdf; https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/112379/1/422_Lockwood_PCIndex_final.pdf

The IAGA-endorsed Polar Cap Indices for the northern and southern hemispheres, PCN and PCS , are compared for 1998-2018, inclusive. Potential effects of the slightly-different, and changing, magnetic coordinates of the two magnetic stations employed, Thule (Qaanaaq) in Greenland and Vostok in Antarc...