[gse-aa] Auroral Alert

[Charles Deehr]

The solar wind magnetic field has been southward for 8 hours and the
velocity is climbing steadily.  There should be aurora visible from southern
Scandinavia, Scotland and from the US states that border Canada.  There was
no solar event, just a fast stream associated with a solar coronal hole.
This will be the nature of the auroral process as we enter the period of
solar minimum activity.
See the movie at: http://gse.gi.alaska.edu/recent/javascript_movie.html


Dr. Charles Deehr, Prof. Emer. Phys.     Ph. 907 474 7473 Fax 907 474 7290
email cdeehr at gi.alaska.edu
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University of Alaska Fairbanks
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