Spiral structures and regularities in magnetic field variations and auroras

The conception of spiral shaped precipitation regions, where solar corpuscles penetrate the upper atmosphere, was introduced into geophysics by C. Störmer and K. Birkeland at the beginning of the last century. Later, in the course of the XX-th century, spiral distributions were disclosed and studied...

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Main Authors: Y. I. Feldstein, L. I. Gromova, M. Förster, A. E. Levitin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2012-02-01
Series:History of Geo- and Space Sciences
Online Access:http://www.hist-geo-space-sci.net/3/1/2012/hgss-3-1-2012.pdf