Synoptic observations of auroras along the postnoon oval: a survey with all-sky TV observations at Zhongshan, Antarctica

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Jun 2000

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Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Volume 62, Issue 9, p. 787-797.

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All-sky TV data obtained at Zhongshan, Antarctica, have been used to survey auroral displays along the postnoon auroral oval. The auroral occurrence peak around 15 MLT, which was previously shown by satellite observations, is confirmed to exist in ground observations as well. The so called `midday gap' of discrete aurora, however, is not confirmed by ground observations. This survey reveals that the noon region appears to involve another auroral occurrence peak. The noon auroral peak observed from the ground is dominated by an aurora termed as dayside corona in the present study. A dayside corona is usually weak and changing rapidly in its appearance, luminosity and locale. The electron precipitation causing the dayside corona might be too soft, have reduced flux and/or have too rapid a motion of its rayed structures which would result in less luminosity, all of which could account for the `midday gap' in satellite observations. We thus argue for a new synoptic picture of auroral displays along the postnoon oval, in which beside the 15 MLT peak, the noon region is filled with the dayside corona rather than a `gap' in discrete aurora.

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