- Author : Leif Svalgaard
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- Release : 1975
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- Pages : 28 pages
Recalibration of Bartels Geomagnetic Activity Indices Kp and Ap to Include Universal Time Variations
Download or read book Recalibration of Bartels Geomagnetic Activity Indices Kp and Ap to Include Universal Time Variations written by Leif Svalgaard and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ap index (and derived indices) can be recalibrated using Mayuad's am-index to recover the correct Universal Time variations. Such variations were artificially removed in the original ap-index. A number of tests are performed to show that the correct index is capable of revealing the desired variations. These tests include comparisons of the UT-variations on days of opposite interplanetary magnetic sector polarity. A finding, that geomagnetic activity was considerably higher during intervals of Toward polarity prior to 1963, is strongly confirmed.