Estimation of initial auroral proton energy fluxes from Doppler profiles

Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 1871-1883

  Sigernes, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA; DOPPLER PROFILE; ENERGY FLUX; HYDROCARBON;

EID: 0030424115     PISSN: 00219169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9169(95)00179-4     Document Type: Article

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