The abnormal daily variation of horizontal force at Huancayo and in Uganda

1948; Volume: 53; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1029/te053i003p00247

ISSN

2379-5697

Autores

S. C. Chapman,

Tópico(s)

Historical Astronomy and Related Studies

Resumo

(1) Huancayo —The establishment of a magnetic observatory at Huancayo, Peru (12° 03′ south, 75° 20′ west), by the Carnegie Institution of Washington, was soon rewarded by a remarkable and totally unexpected discovery. This was the abnormally large amplitude of the solar daily variation S of horizontal magnetic force ( H ) at that station. Later it was found that the lunar daily variation of H was also abnormally large. The other two magnetic components, vertical and east force, showed no such abnormality at Huancayo.

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