Geomagnetism and Aeronomy: Studies in the Ionosphere, Geomagnetism and Atmospheric Radio Noise

Title Page......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
The Antarctic Research Series......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 8
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 9
2. STATIONS, EQUIPMENT, DATA......Page 10
3. REGULAR IONIC REGIONS......Page 14
4. TEMPORAL VARIATIONS......Page 22
5. F2 LAYER......Page 31
REFERENCES......Page 52
1. THE ANTARCTIC E AND F1 REGIONS......Page 54
2. ELECTRON DENSITY PROFILE STUDIES OF THE F REGION......Page 61
3. CONCLUSION......Page 68
REFERENCES......Page 81
INTRODUCTION......Page 83
ESTIMATES OF POWER SPECTRA......Page 84
CONJUGATE AREA ANALYSIS......Page 89
PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT THEORY OFHIGH-LATITUDE SPORADIC E......Page 94
SUMMARY......Page 104
REFERENCES......Page 105
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 106
2. HISTORICAL NOTE......Page 108
3. SYNOPTIC VARIATION PATTERNS OF F2-REGION ELECTRON DENSITY DURING STORMS......Page 109
4. AN EXPLANATION FOR THE CAUSE OF WINTER F2-REGION DISTURBANCE SASSOCIATED WITH GEOMAGNETIC STORMS......Page 122
5. CONCLUSIONS......Page 125
REFERENCES......Page 126
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 127
2. METHOD OF K-INDEX ANALYSIS......Page 128
3. SINGLE STATION ANALYSIS OF K INDEX......Page 129
4. DISTRIBUTION OF MAGNETIC ACTIVITY......Page 145
5. DISCUSSION......Page 152
REFERENCES......Page 160
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 162
2. Q-INDEX ANALYSIS......Page 164
3. DISCUSSION......Page 169
REFERENCES......Page 175
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 176
3. THE STATISTICAL RESULTS PERTAINING TO LONG PERIOD OSCILLATIONS......Page 177
4.AN EXPLANATION OF THE CAUSE OF LONG-PERIOD OSCILLATIONS IN HIGH LATITUDES......Page 186
REFERENCES......Page 190
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 192
2. MEDIAN NOISE POWER VARIATIONS......Page 194
3. POLAR CAP AND AURORAL ZONE ABSORPTION EVENTS......Page 205
4. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS......Page 220
REFERENCES......Page 221
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 223
2. RELATION BETWEEN PRECIPITATION STATIC AND BLOWING SNOW......Page 224
3. NOISE POWER OF PRECIPITATION STATIC......Page 227
4. SNOW PARTICLE CHARACTERISTICS......Page 232
5. CONCLUSIONS......Page 236
REFERENCES......Page 237