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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2012-02-01
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Series: | History of Geo- and Space Sciences |
Online Access: | http://www.hist-geo-space-sci.net/3/1/2012/hgss-3-1-2012.pdf |