Abstract:

The auroral data observed by All Sky TV Camera during 1995 and 1997 at Zhongshan Station of Antarctica are used to analyze the statistic characteristics of the aurora appearing over Zhongshan Station. Around postnoon(1400￣1800MLT)and midnight (2200￣0300MLT), aurora appears more frequently and stronger than that around evening(1800￣2200MLT).The corona type aurora mainly occurs at polarward and overhead of Zhongshan Station during postnoon and around midnight. The band type aurora mainly appears during postnoon, while during evening and around midnight only appears at equatorward. The active surges mostly appear around midnight, while the transpolar arcs mainly occur after midnight. And except for the transpolar arcs, the appearance frequences of other three kinds of aurora are related with Kp index. Usually Zhongshan Station enters the auroral oval at postnoon, the exact time depends on Kp index.