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Observations of ULF space plasma waves in Antarctica

Entry ID: ASAC_606

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Summary

Abstract: This project records ultra-low frequency (ULF) waves in the 1mHz - 3Hz band at the Antarctic stations Davis, Casey, Mawson, and Macquarie Island and Zhongshan (PRC station). Search coil magnetometers are employed with identical instrumention at all stations. Over the southern summers of 2002-2005 two additional remote magnetometers were deployed poleward of Davis and Zhongshan, forming a square ...

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -66.28

S: -66.28

E: 110.52

W: 110.52

N: -68.57

S: -68.57

E: 77.96

W: 77.96

N: -67.6

S: -67.61

E: 62.87

W: 62.87

N: -69.37

S: -69.37

E: 76.39

W: 76.39

N: -54.61

S: -54.61

E: 158.86

W: 158.86

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1996-01-01

Location Keywords

OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > MACQUARIE ISLAND

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Casey

Science Keywords

SOLID EARTH > GEOMAGNETISM > GEOMAGNETIC INDICES

SOLID EARTH > GEOMAGNETISM > MAGNETIC FIELD > GEOMAGNETIC INDUCTION

SOLID EARTH > GEOMAGNETISM > MAGNETIC FIELD

SOLID EARTH > GEOMAGNETISM > MAGNETIC FIELD > MAGNETIC INTENSITY

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GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Platform

FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS

Instrument

MAGNETOMETERS

Quality Data recorded continously and all data generally of science use quality. Data will be checked when request initiated.
The magnetometer at Zhongshan has only been operating since 1998.

Taken from the 2009-2010 Progress Report:
Variations to work plan or objectives:
There has been two changes in the work plan ... timetable outlined previously for 2009-2010. Firstly, as in 2007-2008 the operation of two portable Automated Magnetic Observatories (AMOs) which are Narod fluxgate magnetometers powered by solar cells, at sites poleward of Davis and Zhong Shan was restricted by problems outlined in "Field Work" below. The original plan was to develop a portable power system capable of sustaining all-winter operation in darkness. Insufficient engineering manpower resources at Newcastle prevented this being accomplished. This has not restricted progress as sufficient summer data from previous years have been available to achieve the research objectives. From a science perspective more effort has been placed in satellite and ground-satellite observations at high latitudes.

The summer of 2008-2009 forecast a delay in the deployment of an AMO ~ 120 km west of Casey, to carry out ULF wave azimuthal wave studies.

Field work:
Observations of ultra-low frequency (ULF) waves in the 1 mHz - 1.0 Hz frequency band continued on a continuous basis at the Macquarie Island, Casey, Davis and Mawson stations. These are supplemented with observations by the Newcastle group at Scott Base with Antarctica NZ and Zhong Shan with the Polar Research Institute of China. Servicing and calibration of all these magnetometers with the exception of Scott Base were undertaken over summer by SAS personnel. Personnel from Newcastle visit NZ Scott Base annually to undertake maintenance and calibrations. The lack of funding and the shortage of technical labour at Newcastle led us to abandon the summer deployment of the two remote magnetometers over the last two summers. Also we are working up the rich dataset from the previous years' campaigns which is still producing publications.

Laboratory activity/analysis:
ULF wave data from the 4 permanent Australian stations, and Scott Base and Zhong Shan over 2003 - 2009 have been fully checked for reliability and are currently being integrated into Pc3-4 and Pc5 statistical studies and other studies outlined below. Data recorded by the close spaced square of stations near Davis over 12 weeks in December 2002 - February 2003 and December 2003 - February 2004 have been analysed by Dr Sean Ables with help from a Chinese scientist, Mr Yonghua Liu from the Polar Research Institute of China, currently enrolled in a PhD at Newcastle over 2007 - 2010. All raw data is archived on CD-ROM at Newcastle, BOM-IPS Radio and Space Services and the Antarctic Division. All analysis is carried out in the Centre for Space Physics Analysis Laboratory at Newcastle.

Difficulties affecting project:
Problems were experienced in October 2009 when seals encroached on the Macquarie Island magnetometer field enclosure and damaged a junction box. This was repaired and checked after 2 weeks.

Access Constraints All data publicly available, but are too large to be downloaded. Data are accessible via the Australian Antarctic Division.

A word document describing the file format is available for download from the provided URL.

Use Constraints This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

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Ancillary Keywords

MAGNETOMETER

SPACE PLASMA WAVES

ULF

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA OFFICER AADC Phone: +61 3 6232 3244 Fax: +61 3 6232 3351 Email: metadata at aad.gov.au Contact Address: Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway City: Kingston Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7050 Country: Australia

Distribution

Distribution Media: HTTP

Distribution Size: 11 kb

Distribution Format: word

Fees: free

Distribution Media: DVD

Distribution Size: 8.4 GB

Distribution Format: ADAS

Fees: free

Personnel

RAY J. MORRIS

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: +61 3 6232 3315

Fax: +61 3 6232 3496

Email: ray.morris at aad.gov.au

Contact Address:

203 Channel Highway

Australian Antarctic Division

City: Kingston

Province or State: Tasmania

Postal Code: 7050

Country: Australia

BRIAN FRASER

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: +61 2 4921 5445

Fax: +61 2 4921 6907

Email: brian.fraser at newcastle.edu.au

Contact Address:

Physics Building

The University of Newcastle

University Drive

City: Callaghan

Province or State: New South Wales

Postal Code: 2308

Country: AUSTRALIA

PASHA PONOMARENKO

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: +61 2 4921 5425

Email: phpp at alinga.newcastle.edu.au

Contact Address:

UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE

PHYSICS BUILDING

City: Newcastle

Province or State: New South Wales

Postal Code: 2308

Country: Australia

Publications/References

Ables S, Sciffer M, Fraser BJ, Morley S (2010a), A study of polar cap Pc1-2: source locations and wave propagation., Proceedings of 9th Australian Space Science Conference 2009, in press, 2010 Full Paper

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2000-08-02

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-06-28

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