Aurorae Observed at the Canary Islands

Vázquez, M.; Vaquero, J. M.
Bibliographical reference

Solar Physics, Volume 267, Issue 2, pp.431-444

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2010
Journal
Number of authors
2
IAC number of authors
1
Citations
13
Refereed citations
13
Description
Descriptions of eleven aurorae observed in the Canary Islands during the period 1770 - 2010 have been found in different documents. Most of them are coincident with periods of strong solar activity, with the geomagnetic latitude playing a minor role. Coronal mass ejections are the most probable solar source of these low-latitude events. The absence of low-latitude aurorae is verified in our sample during the Dalton Minimum and the first half of the twentieth century.