Joint study on Polar Cap Disturbances Using AGO Network

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Auroras and geomagnetic disturbances have been investigated at Automatic Geophysical Observatories (AGO) in the polar cap region where nobody had installed the instruments to observe those phenomena. We developed the instruments to observe auroras and geomagnetic disturbances and operated at 6 AGO stations with corroborations with scientists of the United States. The activities are as follows.1. Developments of search coil magnetometer and photometerWe made two search coil magnetometers for back up of magnetometers operated at AGO stations. We also made photometers with very high data sampling.2. Tests of search coil magnetometer and photometerFukunishi, Takahashi and Fujito checked magnetometers and photometers at Yucca Ridge of Colorado, USA with a group of Stanford University. We obtained good sensitivities to observe auroras and geomagnetic disturbances at AGO stations.3. Set up at AGO stationOn October, 1995, we set up our search coil magnetometers for AGO-5 and AGO-6 stations at … More MacMurdo station of Antarctica.4. Analyzes of AGO dataOn December, 1995, Fukunishi and Takahashi visited Stanford University to analyze the data of auroras, magnetic fields and ELF-VLF waves obtained at AGO stations. On December, 1996, Fukunishi and Katsuyama visited Stanford University again to analyze the AGO data in detail. Fukunishi visited Laboratory of Antarctica of UK to analyze the AGO data and to have discussions on August, 1996. Prof.Engebretson of Augsburg University visited Tohoky University to compare between his obtained flux gate magnetometer data and our search coil magnetometer data.5. Discussions of publication and future workFukunishi visited Church University of UK to present our results and future plan on August, 1996 and stayd for one week. Fukunishi and Katsuyama visited Stanford University to discuss future plan on December, 1996.We found new results from the detailed analyzes of AGO data. One of the interesting results is the correlations between magnetic impulse events (MIE) and Pc 1 bursts. We analyze the events in detail with Dr.Lanzerotti of Bell Laboratory and Prof.Engebretson of Augsburg University who indicates the good correlations between MIE and ELF-VLF waves. All instruments are still working well at 6 AGO stations. We are investigating our AGO data with satellite and radar data. Those results will provide us more large progress in understanding polar cap phenomena. Less