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Abstract:
The Auroral Meridian Scanning Photometer is to measure the absolute intensity of aurora brightness along the geomagnetic meridian line. At present the MSP records three wavelengths of auroral emissions at 427.8, 557.7 and 630 nm respectively. The data is recorded on MO disks with two copies, one for Polar Research Institute of China, and the other goes to National Institute of Polar Research, Japan, according to the scientific agreement between the two institues.