Open AccessSporadic auroras
Author(s) -
Silverman S. M.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of geophysical research: space physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.67
H-Index - 298
eISSN - 2156-2202
pISSN - 0148-0227
DOI - 10.1029/2002ja009335
Subject(s) - geophysics , latitude , quiet , geology , physics , atmospheric sciences , geodesy , astronomy
A neglected phenomenon, that of localized, sporadic auroral occurrence at relatively low latitudes during periods of quiet to moderate magnetic activity, is described and discussed. Some 54 cases of such occurrences are tabulated, all, with one exception, from the United States at times from 1880 to 1940.