Examination of the oxygen red line signature of a polar cap ionization patch as seen from the Dynamics Explorer 2 satellite

Radio Science

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 607-618

  Garner, T W ^a,d   Killeen, T L ^a   Burns, A G ^a   Winningham, J D ^b   Coley, W R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; IN SITU PROCESSING; LIGHT EMISSION; SATELLITES; SCANNING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ATOMIC OXYGEN DENSITY; DYNAMICS EXPLORER 2 SATELLITE; ELECTRON ENERGY FLUX; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; IN SITU INSTRUMENTS; NEUTRAL TEMPERATURE; OXYGEN RED LINE SIGNATURE; POLAR CAP IONIZATION PATCH;

OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0030146661     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96RS00617     Document Type: Article

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