A comparison between auroral particle characteristics and atmospheric composition inferred from analyzing optical emission measurements alone and in combination with incoherent scatter radar measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A1, 1999, Pages 33-44

  Hecht, J H ^a   Christensen, A B ^a   Strickland, D J ^b   Majeed, T ^b   Gattinger, R L ^c   Vallance Jones, A ^d  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Computational Physics Inc ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Canada)

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