Aurorasaurus database of real-time, crowd-sourced aurora data for space weather research

doi:10.1029/2018EA000454

Title: Aurorasaurus database of real-time, crowd-sourced aurora data for space weather research

Abstract

This work documents the details of Aurorasaurus citizen science data for the period spanning 2015 and 2016 as well as its routine data filtering protocols. Aurorasaurus citizen science data is a collection of auroral sightings submitted to the project via its website or apps and mined from social media. It is a robust data set and particularly abundant during strong geomagnetic storms when auroral precipitation models have the highest uncertainty. This data is offered to the scientific community for use through an open-access database in its raw and scientific formats, each of which is described in detail in this technical report. Furthermore, by demonstrating its scientific utility, we aim to encourage its integration into auroral research.

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^[3]; Heavner, Matthew ^[4]

The Catholic Univ. of America, Washington, DC (United States); NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, MD (United States); New Mexico Consortium, Los Alamos, NM (United States)
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, MD (United States); New Mexico Consortium, Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Lancaster Univ. (United Kingdom)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Publication Date:: 2018-11-20

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE; National Science Foundation (NSF); National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA); Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) (United Kingdom)

OSTI Identifier:: 1484671

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-18-29919
Journal ID: ISSN 2333-5084

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001; 1344296; ST/M001059/1

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Earth and Space Science

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 5; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 2333-5084

Publisher:: American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 96 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND PRESERVATION; aurora; dataset; citizen science; space weather

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                    Kosar, B. C., MacDonald, Elizabeth A., Case, Nathan A., and Heavner, Matthew. Aurorasaurus database of real-time, crowd-sourced aurora data for space weather research.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Kosar, B. C., MacDonald, Elizabeth A., Case, Nathan A., & Heavner, Matthew. Aurorasaurus database of real-time, crowd-sourced aurora data for space weather research.  United States.  doi:10.1029/2018EA000454.

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                    Kosar, B. C., MacDonald, Elizabeth A., Case, Nathan A., and Heavner, Matthew. Tue .  
        "Aurorasaurus database of real-time, crowd-sourced aurora data for space weather research".  United States.  doi:10.1029/2018EA000454.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1484671.

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@article{osti_1484671,

  title        = {Aurorasaurus database of real-time, crowd-sourced aurora data for space weather research},

  author       = {Kosar, B. C. and MacDonald, Elizabeth A. and Case, Nathan A. and Heavner, Matthew},

  abstractNote = {This work documents the details of Aurorasaurus citizen science data for the period spanning 2015 and 2016 as well as its routine data filtering protocols. Aurorasaurus citizen science data is a collection of auroral sightings submitted to the project via its website or apps and mined from social media. It is a robust data set and particularly abundant during strong geomagnetic storms when auroral precipitation models have the highest uncertainty. This data is offered to the scientific community for use through an open-access database in its raw and scientific formats, each of which is described in detail in this technical report. Furthermore, by demonstrating its scientific utility, we aim to encourage its integration into auroral research.},

  doi          = {10.1029/2018EA000454},

  journal      = {Earth and Space Science},

  number       = 12,

  volume       = 5,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2018},

  month        = {11}

}

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Table 1: Part 1: Description of data attributes found in raw T- and PVT-files. Raw and cleaned version of PVT-file headers are identical to each other and they are a subset of column headers found in T-file with four additional fields. The distinction between T- and PVT-files is demonstrated inmore »

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