Fast photometry of flickering in discrete auroral arcs

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 2637-2640

  McHarg, Matthew G ^a   Hampton, Don L ^b,c   Stenbaek Nielsen, Hans C ^c,d  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^b Geophysical Institute   (United States)

^c BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONS; PHOTOMETERS; ROCKETS; CAMERAS; MODULATION; PHOTOMETRY;

DISCRETE AURORAL ARCS; NYQUIST FREQUENCY;

PHOTOMETRY; FLICKERING;

AURORAL ARCS; CENTER FREQUENCY; INTENSITY FLUCTUATIONS; INTENSITY MODULATIONS; NARROW BANDS; NYQUIST FREQUENCY; PHOTOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0032120291     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL01972     Document Type: Article

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