| Iceland - Syowa Conjugate Observation for Auroral phenomena |
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| About conjugate observation |
| Auroral phenomena and Observation items |
| Syowa Station, Antarctica and Iceland are in the geomagnetic conjugate
relationship, where both stations are connected with a same geomagnetic
field line between southern and northern hemispheres. Auroral particles
precipitate from the magnetosphere to the polar ionosphere simultaneously
in both polar regions along the field line through wave-particle interaction
process with electromagnetic waves. The electromagnetic waves in the ULF
and VLF frequency range also propagate from the magnetosphere to the ionosphere
along the field line. Precipitated particles cause the appearance of optical
aurora and ionization of polar atmosphere, i.e. enhancement of electron
density and conductivity in the ionosphere, which causes enhancement of
ionospheric current. We have been carrying out the ground-based conjugate observations between Syowa and Iceland since 1983 in collaboration with University of Iceland and Icelandic collaborators by using various optical instruments, magnetometer, induction magnetometer, VLF receiver, and riometer to study the conjugacy and non-conjugacy of the auroral phenomena, and magnetosphere - ionosphere interaction process. |
| Global Conjugate Map in Geomagnetic Coordinates |
| The Syowa - Iceland pair is very unique conjugate observation pair located
in the auroral zone in the world as shown in the global conjugate map in
the invariant latitude - geomagnetic longitude coordinates below, which
is calculated at the epoch time of 00:00 UT on January 01, 2023 by using
IGRF2020 model. |
| Information |
| Site Information |
| Instruments at conjugate stations |
| About the Conjugate Auroral Observation (by Prof. Natsuo Sato, in Japanese) |
| Example of conjugate aurora events |
| 20030926 / 20110930 |
| Data |
| (Watec B&W imager) Real-time conjugate aurora at Syowa-Iceland Stations |
| (Watec B&W imager) Conjugate All-sky TV data at Syowa-Iceland Stations |
| (High-speed Auroral Imager) ( keogram (SYO/ TJO) / archive ) |
| (MAG,ULF,CNA) QL plot of new Data Logger at Iceland (since 5 Sep.,2016) |
| (HK,CNA,ULF,VLF) QL plot at Syowa Station (West Ongul) (since 16 Jan.,2016) |
| (MAG,ULF,CNA,VLF) Data archives at Syowa-Iceland Stations |
| (MAG,ULF,CNA,VLF) Summary plot at Syowa-Iceland Stations |
| (ULF) Dynamic spectrum at Syowa-Iceland Stations |
| Scientific Results |
| Scientific papers related with Iceland - Syowa conjugate observations |
| Other reference papers on conjugate studies |
| Contact |
| Polar Environment Data Science Center (PEDSC), Joint Support-Center for Data Science Research (DS), Research Organization of Information and Systems (ROIS) -------------------------- 10-3, Midoricho, Tachikawa, Tokyo 190-8518, Japan http://pedsc.rois.ac.jp/en/ E-mail to: Akira Kadokura (kadokura (at) nipr.ac.jp) |
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