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
Sites and Collaboration in Iceland
Instruments at conjugate stations
History of Iceland - Syowa conjugate observation
Example of conjugate aurora events
20030926 / 20110930
Data
Watec B&W All-sky imager Real-time image at TJO & HUS & SYO
Keogram viewer for TJO & HUS & SYO
Keogram archive (TJO / HUS / SYO)
Summary plot archive (TJO / HUS / SYO)
Movie archive (TJO / HUS / SYO)
ICAM (Interhemispheric Conjugate Aurora Monitoring) HOME
CDF data for IUGONET (All-sky image) (TJO / HUS / SYO)
CDF data for IUGONET (keogram) (TJO / HUS / SYO)
Aurora Quicklook Viewer of NIPR ground-based network (AQVN)
EMCCD B&W All-sky imager
(High-speed Aurora Imager (HAI))
High-speed Aurora Imager (HAI) information
Keogram viewer (TJO / SYO)
Archive
Upper Atmosphere Physics Monitoring (UAPM) data:
1. MAG: fluxgate magnetometer
2. ULF: induction magnetometer
3. CNA: broad beam riometer
4. VLF: VLF wave receiver
Obtain data & make a plot of Iceland-Syowa monitoring data
UAPM data daily plot viewer
Magnetometer data daily plot viewer
QL plot of Iceland data (since 5 Sep.,2016)
QL plot of Syowa (West Ongul) data (since 16 Jan.,2016)
Dynamic spectrum of Syowa VLF,ULF,MAG (16 Jan.,2016 -)
Dynamic spectrum of Syowa-Iceland ULF,MAG (16 Jan.,2016 -)
Dynamic spectrum of Syowa-Iceland ULF data (2003-2013)
MAG: daily text file archive:
Iceland: HUS / TJO / AED / ISAF
Syowa: (16bit) IAGA / plain; (24bit) IAGA / plain
UAPM all data: daily text file archive:
SYO / HUS / TJO / AED / ISAF
CDF data for IUGONET:
1. MAG: SYO / HUS / TJO / AED / ISAF
2. ULF: SYO / HUS / TJO / AED / ISAF
Imaging Riometer (IRIO) CDF data for IUGONET
Optical Mesosphere Thermosphere Imager (OMTI) data at HUS in ISEE (Nogoya Univ.) ISEE OMTIs TOP
QL plot (557.7 / 630.0 / 486.1 / OH)
CDF data
New ULF 64Hz data at HUS in ISEE (Nagoya Univ.) ISEE Magnetometer Data TOP
ULF data viewer
CDF data
New VLF/ELF data at HUS in ISEE (Nagoya Univ.) ISEE VLF/ELF Network TOP
10 min Spectrum plot
CDF data
Reference: 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)
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10-3, Midoricho, Tachikawa, Tokyo 190-8518, Japan
http://pedsc.rois.ac.jp/en/
E-mail to: Akira Kadokura (kadokura (at) nipr.ac.jp)
Data Center for Aurora HOME