Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Dominguez-Castro, Fernando"

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    • Aurorae observed by Giuseppe Toaldo in Padua (1766-1797) 

      Dominguez-Castro, Fernando; Vaquero, Jose Manuel; Bertolin, Chiara; Gallego, Maria Cruz; De La Guia, Cristina; Camuffo, Dario (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)
      A record is presented of the auroral observations made by Giuseppe Toaldo and his assistant Vincenzo Chiminello in Padua, Italy, in the second half of the 18th century. The historical sources consulted include the original ...

    • The earliest datable noctilucent cloud observation (Parma, Italy, AD 1840) 

      Bertolin, Chiara; Dominguez-Castro, Fernando (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Noctilucent clouds (NLCs) are an uncommon phenomenon that provides information about the conditions and dynamics of the mesosphere. The first observation of NLCs was recorded in 1884/1885, following Krakatoa’s eruption in ...

    • An Early mid-Latitude Aurora Observed by Rozier (Beziers, 1780) 

      Bertolin, Chiara; Dominguez-Castro, Fernando; De Ferri, Lavinia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Aurora observations are an uncommon phenomenon at low and mid latitudes that, at the end of the 18th century, were not well known and understood. Low and mid geomagnetic latitude aurora observations provide information ...