Wilson Bentley's auroral observations

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Oct 1983

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983p%26ss...31.1131s&link_type=abstract

Planetary and Space Science (ISSN 0032-0633), vol. 31, Oct. 1983, p. 1131-1135.

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Auroras, Solar Terrestrial Interactions, Annual Variations, Biography, Secular Variations, Sunspots, Vermont

Scientific paper

Wilson Bentley's auroral observations in northern Vermont were made over the period from 1883 to 1931, thus encompassing the solar activity minimum at the beginning of the twentieth century. Long term series of auroral observations by a single observer in a region of reasonable frequency of occurrence are rare, and are important for the study of solar-terrestrial relationships. Bentley's data have been abstracted from manuscript materials. The annual variation and the secular variation over the entire period are presented. The results are compared with the variations of sunspot and magnetic activity during this period. The auroral activity minima, comparable to the similar sunspot minima, in the periods around 1902 and 1912 are clearly evident. Changes in the spring/fall ratio of auroral occurrence frequency over the entire period under study are also evident.

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