Aurorae Observed at the Canary Islands

Vázquez, M.; Vaquero, J. M.
Referencia bibliográfica

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

Fecha de publicación:
12
2010
Revista
Número de autores
2
Número de autores del IAC
1
Número de citas
13
Número de citas referidas
13
Descripción
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.