Initial comparison of POLAR UVI and Sondrestrom IS radar estimates for auroral electron energy flux

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 999-1002

  Doe, Richard A ^a   Kelly, John D ^a   Lummerzheim, Dirk ^b   Parks, George K ^c   Brittnacher, Mitchell J ^c   Germany, Glynn A ^d   Spann, James ^e  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^e NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; RADAR MEASUREMENT; SATELLITES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; E REGION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; IONOSPHERE; POSITIVE IONS; RADAR; RADAR IMAGING;

AURORAL ENERGY;

IONOSPHERE; RADAR MEASUREMENT;

AURORAL ELECTRONS; ELECTRON DENSITY PROFILES; ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; GROUND BASED RADAR; HIGH-LATITUDE IONOSPHERE; INCOHERENT SCATTER RADAR; RELIABLE ESTIMATES; SYSTEM OF LINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 0031118707     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00376     Document Type: Article

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