Aircraft observations conjugate to FAST: Auroral arc thicknesses

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2073-2076

  Stenbaek Nielsen, H C ^a   Hallinan, T J ^a   Osborne, D L ^a   Kimball, J ^a   Chaston, C ^b   McFadden, J ^b   Delory, G ^b   Temerin, M ^b   Carlson, C W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC ARCS; IONOSPHERE; JET AIRCRAFT; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES;

AURORAL ARC THICKNESSES; FAST AURORAL SNAPSHOT (FAST) SATELLITES;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 0032098207     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL01058     Document Type: Article

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