Real time aurora oval forecasting - SvalTrackII

• Autores: Fred Sigernes, M. Dyrland, P. Brekke, Elin Gjengedal, S. Chernouss, D.A. Lorentzen, K. Oksavik, C.S. Deehr
• Localización: Óptica pura y aplicada, ISSN-e 2171-8814, Vol. 44, Nº. 4 (DIC), 2011 (Ejemplar dedicado a: 37th Amasom I), págs. 599-603
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • A method to forecast, up to one hour in the future, the size and location of the aurora oval is described. The work is based on a mathematical description of the aurora oval coupled to predicted values of the planetary Kp index. As a result, a real time animation of the oval mapped onto the Earth's surface is created. The night- and dayside are visualized together with the location of the twilight zone as Earth rotates under the aurora oval.