A dayside auroral energy deposition case study using the Polar Ultraviolet Imager

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 991-994

  Brittnacher, M ^a   Eisen, R ^a   Parks, G ^a   Chen, L ^a   Germany, G ^b,d   Spann, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; DEPOSITION RATES; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACECRAFT; ENERGY DISSIPATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; PLASMAS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AURORAL IMAGES; AURORAL OVAL; ENERGY DEPOSITIONS; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; SOLAR WIND PLASMAS; WIND SPACECRAFT;

INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; SOLAR RADIATION;

SOLAR WIND;

EID: 0031125598     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00257     Document Type: Article

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