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New real-time auroral activity index from geomagnetic measurementsTiera Laitinen - Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland; Atte Kapanen - Finnish Meteorological Institute, ; Kirsti Kauristie - Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland; Ari Viljanen - Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland Session: R20 and development of services AbstractWe have developed a new local geomagnetic index for nowcasting the probability of visible auroras. We used 463 hours of all-sky camera images, which were visually classified as containing bright auroras, only weak auroras or a dark sky. This data was compared statistically against several index candidates describing geomagnetic variations as measured by a co-located magnetometer. After selecting the final formula for the index, we determined its threshold values for three observation sites in Finland. We plan to implement this new auroral index as a public real-time nowcast service. |
Registration opens:
16 July 2020
Abstract submission opens:
16 July 2020
European Space Weather Medals:
6 September 2020
Registration deadline:
25 September 2020
Registration deadline: [extended]
10 October 2020
Abstract submission deadline:
4 September 2020