A new auroral feature: The nightside gap

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 3747-3750

  Chua, D ^a   Brittnacher, M ^a   Parks, G ^a   Germany, G ^b   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)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; IONOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES; GEOPHYSICS;

AURORAL LUMINOSITY; ULTRAVIOLET IMAGERS; AURORAL OVAL; CASE-STUDIES; GAP REGIONS; IN-FIELD; IONOSPHERIC POTENTIAL; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; SUBSTORMS;

ASTRONOMY; EARTH SCIENCES;

AURORA;

EID: 0032532888     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL02806     Document Type: Article

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