HORIZONTAL MOTIONS IN RADAR ECHOES FROM AURORA

Abstract

A systematic motion of 48.2 Mc/sec echoes associated with aurora is found at Saskatoon. The motion is towards the west before midnight and towards the east after midnight, the mean velocity in either direction showing a statistical relation to variations in the earth's magnetic field. No correlation is found between individual echo velocity and magnetic disturbance, and no period of zero velocity is observed. There is also evidence of an ordered relation between motion in the north–south direction and disturbances in the earth's magnetic field.