High time resolution study of the hemispheric power carried by energetic electrons into the ionosphere during the May 19/20, 1996 auroral activity

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 987-990

  Lummerzheim, D ^a   Brittnacher, M ^b   Evans, D ^c,g   Germany, G A ^d   Parks, G K ^b   Rees, M H ^a,e   Spann, J F ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g Research and Development Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS; ELECTRONS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; NITROGEN; SPACECRAFT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AURORAL ACTIVITIES; FAR ULTRAVIOLET EMISSIONS; HIGH-TIME RESOLUTION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; SURFACE BRIGHTNESS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TWO DIMENSIONAL IMAGES;

IONOSPHERE;

AURORA;

EID: 0031123440     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL03828     Document Type: Article

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