UARS particle environment monitor observations during the November 1993 storm: Auroral morphology, spectral characterization, and energy deposition

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 103, Issue A11, 1998, Pages 26307-26322

  Sharber, J R ^a   Frahm, R A ^a   Link, R ^a   Crowley, G ^a   Winningham, J D ^a   Gaines, E E ^b   Nightingale, R W ^b   Chenette, D L ^b   Anderson, B J ^c   Gurgiolo, C A ^d  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Bitterroot Basic Research   (United States)

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