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SOME preliminary results have been obtained from an investigation being undertaken at College, Alaska, concerning the correspondence of the Earth's magnetic field micropulsations1 with pulsating aurora for the purpose of explaining the physical mechanism giving rise to the phenomena. Fig. 1 illustrates the nightly coincidence of micropulsations, measured with a 6-ft. diameter magnetic north axis loop antenna of 21,586 turns and 3914-Å. auroral pulsations from 70° of sky measured with a lens, interference filter, photo-multiplier system. Fig. 2 shows an occasion of simultaneous oscillations from the two phenomena.
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Campbell, W. H., J. Geophys. Res., 64, 1819 (1959).
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CAMPBELL, W. Micropulsations in the Earth's Magnetic Field Simultaneous with Pulsating Aurora. Nature 185, 677 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/185677a0
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