Detection of Rapidly Varying H2 Emissions in Jupiter's Aurora from the Galileo Orbiter

Icarus

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 314-317

  Pryor, Wayne R ^a   Stewart, A Ian F ^a   Simmons, Karen E ^a   Ajello, Joseph M ^b   Tobiska, W Kent ^b   Clarke, John T ^c   Gladstone, G Randy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aurorae; Jupiter, atmosphere; Jupiter, magnetosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011765829     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2001.6604     Document Type: Article

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