Aurorasaurus Web Observations (2014-2025)
Authors/Creators
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New Mexico Consortium
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University of Geneva
Description
Aurorasaurus citizen science data is a collection of auroral sightings submitted to the project via its website (aurorasaurus.org). It is a robust data set and particularly abundant during strong geomagnetic storms. This data is offered to the scientific community for research use through an open-access database in its raw and scientific formats for the 2014-2025 period, each of which is described in detail in the following technical report:
MacDonald, E., Natsheh, F., Brandt Edson, L., & Heavner, M. (2026). Crowdsourced aurora observations during geomagnetic superstorms: The Aurorasaurus open science database. Manuscript submitted for publication to Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, Space Physics Research Topic: Heliophysics Big Year: Education and Public Outreach Reports.
For more information on the project, please contact the project leaders at aurorasaurus.info@gmail.com
Files
web_observation_2014-08-01_to_2025-08-02_transformed.csv
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Additional details
Related works
- Is supplement to
- Dataset: 10.5281/zenodo.1255196 (DOI)
Funding
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Aurorasaurus Infrastructure Augmentation (Renewal) 80NSSC24M0198
- U.S. National Science Foundation
- INSPIRE Track 1: Aurorasaurus - Citizen Scientists Experiencing the Extremes of Space Weather 1344296
- U.S. National Science Foundation
- Innovative Advances in Understanding Auroral Phenomena by Harnessing the Power of Citizen Science AGS-1823622
Software
- Repository URL
- https://github.com/aurorasaurus/Aurorasaurus_on_Jupyter
- Programming language
- Python , Jupyter Notebook
- Development Status
- Active