Eyewitness reports of the great auroral storm of 1859
Eyewitness reports of the great auroral storm of 1859
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10.1016/j.asr.2005.12.021
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2006-01-01
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Pazamickas, Katherine A.
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Green, James L.;Boardsen, Scott;Pazamickas, Katherine A.
1859年的大地磁风暴实际上是由两个间隔很近的大规模全球极光事件组成的。第一场比赛于8月28日开始，第二场比赛于9月2日开始。9月2日的风暴是由9月1日太阳上的卡灵顿-霍奇森白光耀斑引起的。除了已发表的科学测量；那个时代的报纸、船舶日志和其他记录提供了大量未开发的第一手观测资料，包括时间和地点，以及极光形式和颜色的报告。在其鼎盛时期，极光被描述为一种血红色或深红色，它是如此明亮，以至于人们“可以读报纸”。这场巨大的地磁风暴的几个重要方面都是惊人的。在地理纬度为25度及以下的地区，可以观察到各种类型和颜色的极光。世界上125,000英里电报线路中的大部分也受到了不利影响。其中许多设备在8小时或更长时间内无法使用，对经济的影响很小，但却很显著。本文只介绍了1859年大极光事件的少数可用的第一手资料，试图让现代读者了解这一壮观的展示是如何被全球许多地方的公众所接受的，并介绍了这场风暴的其他重要历史方面。(c) 2006年COSPAR。Elsevier Ltd.出版。版权所有。
The great geomagnetic storm of 1859 is really composed of two closely spaced massive worldwide auroral events. The first event began on August 28th and the second began on September 2nd. It is the storm on September 2nd that results from the Carrington-Hodgson white light flare that occurred on the sun September 1st. In addition to published scientific measurements; newspapers, ship logs, and other records of that era provide an untapped wealth of first hand observations giving time and location along with reports of the auroral forms and colors. At its height, the aurora was described as a blood or deep crimson red that was so bright that one "could read a newspaper by". Several important aspects of this great geomagnetic storm are simply phenomenal. Auroral forms of all types and colors were observed to geographic latitudes of 25 degrees and lower. Significant portions of the world's 125,000 miles of telegraph lines were also adversely affected. Many of which were unusable for 8 h or more and had a small but notable economic impact. This paper presents only a select few available first hand accounts of the Great Auroral Event of 1859 in an attempt to give the modern reader a sense of how this spectacular display was received by the public from many places around the globe and present some other important historical aspects of the storm. (c) 2006 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.