Comment on 'Kp Dependence on Sectors' by I. B. McDiarmid and E. E. Budzinski,

Abstract

A suggestion by McDiarmid and Budzinski that an annual variation of geomagnetic activity can explain a sector polarity asymmetry is shown not to be necessary. The correct explanation is that the Kp-index exhibits systematic errors that enhance the UT variation during Toward polarity and decreases the UT variation during Away polarity.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA024603

Entities

People

  • Leif Svalgaard

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Asymmetry
  • Polarity

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.