Remote determination of auroral energy characteristics during substorm activity

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 995-998

  Germany, G A ^a   Parks, G K ^b   Brittnacher, M ^b   Cumnock, J ^c   Lummerzheim, D ^d   Spann, J F ^e   Chen, L ^b   Richards, P G ^f   Rich, F J ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f University of Alabama ^*  (United States)

^g AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; SATELLITES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; GEOPHYSICS;

AURORAL ENERGY;

IONOSPHERE; EARTH SCIENCES;

AURORAL IMAGES; COMPOSITIONAL CHANGES; ENERGY CHARACTERISTICS; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; INCIDENT ENERGY; POLAR SATELLITES; REMOTE DIAGNOSTICS; SUBSTORM ACTIVITY;

EID: 0031121443     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00864     Document Type: Article

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