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National Institute of Polar Research

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Overview  
Title All-sky Imager Observation at South Pole Station
Sub-Title
Data Summary Based on the agreement with NSF, the monochromatic all-sky CCD imager was installed at South Pole Station in 1997 to observe the auroral and airglow phenomena. The imager has a filter turret for 5 different filters. Three main filters in 427.8(N2+), 557.7(OI), 630.0(OI) nm with other ones in 730.0(OH), 589.0(Na) and 486.1(Hb) nm were used so far. Image resolution of the CCD is 512x512 with 14 bit. Observed data were transferred to NIPR via TDRS satellite network. The first campaign of this observation ended in 2005 due to the end of the agreement.
About Observation  
Spatial Coverage
Data Location South Pole Station
Observaion Period /
Temporal Coverage		 1997 - present
Data Period 1997 - present
Observation Photo
Data Details  
Data Name All-sky Imager Observation Data at South Pole Station
Data Format Image data
Data Recording /
Acquisition Sampling		 4-64 sec
Observation Instruments All-sky Imager
Sample Data All-sky imager data at 557.7nm
Publication  
Publication method http://www.southpole-aurora.org/

Metadata/AMD: All-sky Imager Observation at South Pole Station

Data Archives : All-sky Imager Observation at South Pole Station
Data Policy
Data Center
(Contact Person)		 Kyoto University (Yusuke Ebihara)
E-mail ebihara (at) rish.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Related Organization National Institute of Polar Research, Siena College, National Science Foundation
Scientific Results /
Publication		 Ejiri, M., M. Okada and S. Okano (1997): All sky imager observation of aurora and airglow at South Pole Station, Antarctic, Journal of the United States, XXXII, 5, 202-203.
Okada, M., M. Ejiri, S. Okano, M. Taguchi and S. Takeshita (1997): System design and initial results of all sky imager at South Pole, Nankyoku Shiro (Antarctic Record), 41,3, 613-630.
Ejiri, M., S. Okano, M. Okada, M. Taguchi and S. Takeshita (1998): All sky imager observation of aurora and airglow at South Pole : System design and the initial test results (extended abstract), Proc. NIPR Symp. Upper Atmos Phys., 11, 159-162.
Ejiri, M., M. Okada and M. Taguchi (1998): Auroral dynamics observed by the all sky Imager at South Pole Station, Antarctic Journal (in press). Ejiri, M., T. Aso, M. Okada, M. Tsutsumi, M. Taguchi, N. Sato and S. Okano (1999): Japanese research project on Arctic and antarctic observations of the middle atmosphere, Adv. Space Res., 24, 12, 1689-1692.
Milan, S. E., N. Sato, M. Ejiri, Jo. Moen (2001): Auroral forms and the field-aligned current structure associated with field line resonances, J. Geophys. Res., 106(A11), 25825-25834, 10.1029/2001JA900077.
Figueiredo, S., G. T. Marklund, T. Karlsson, T. Johansson, Y. Ebihara, M. Ejiri, N. Ivchenko, P.-A. Lindqvist, H. Nilsson, A. Fazakerley (2005): Temporal and spatial evolution of discrete auroral arcs as seen by Cluster, Ann. Geophys., 23, 2531-2557.
Maynard, N. C., W. J. Burke, Y. Ebihara, D. M. Ober, G. R. Wilson, K. D. Siebert, J. D. Winningham, L. J. Lanzerotti, C. J. Farrugia, M. Ejiri, H. Reme, A. Balogh, and A. Fazakerley (2006): Characteristics of merging at the magnetopause inferred from dayside 557. 7-nm all-aky images: IMF drivers of poleward moving auroral forms, Ann. Geophys., 24, 3071-3098.
Ebihara, Y., Y.-M. Tanaka, S. Takasaki, A. T. Weatherwax, and M. Taguchi (2007), Quasi-stationary auroral patches observed at the South Pole Station, J. Geophys. Res., 112, A01201, doi:10.1029/2006JA012087.
Motoba, T., A. Kadokura, Y. Ebihara, H. Frey, A. T. Weatherwax, and N. Sato (2009), Simultaneous ground-satellite optical observations of postnoon shock aurora in the Southern Hemisphere, J. Geophys. Res., 114, A07209, doi:10.1029/2008JA014007, 2009.
Ebihara, Y., R. Kataoka, A. T. Weatherwax, and M. Yamauchi (2010), Dayside proton aurora associated with magnetic impulse events: South Pole observations, J. Geophys. Res., 115, A04301, doi:10.1029/2009JA014760.
Digital Object Identifier(DOI)
Creator Yusuke Ebihara
Publisher National Institute of Polar Research
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