Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8907824 | Polar Science | 2017 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
The Chinese Antarctic Zhongshan Station (ZHS) is located in a unique geographical and geomagnetic site that is suitable for observations on the cusp and of the post-noon dayside aurora and the poleward boundary of the nightside auroral oval. Since 2010, a unique, advanced synthetically auroral observation system has been deployed at ZHS, composed of a multi-wavelength all-sky imager, a multi-scale imager, a spectrum imager, and a radio imager. This system can record auroral forms from large (â¼100Â km) to small scales (â¼10Â m), auroral spectral lines from 400 to 730Â nm, and auroral characteristics in the radio spectrum. Using this system, we have investigated the visible characteristics of UV 'bright spots,' the variation characteristics of the dayside shock auroras and convection, and the methodology for the quiet-day curve (QDC), among others. These investigations have enhanced our understanding of the solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling process.
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Authors
Ze-Jun Hu, Fang He, Jian-Jun Liu, De-Hong Huang, De-Sheng Han, Hong-Qiao Hu, Bei-Chen Zhang, Hui-Gen Yang, Zhuo-Tian Chen, Bin Li, Xiang-Cai Chen,