Imaging spectroscopy for two-dimensional characterization of auroral emissions

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 5760-5770

  Swenson, Gary R ^a   Rairden, Richard L ^b   Solomon, Stanley C ^c   Ananth, Sharath ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL RADAR; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SPECTROMETERS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

AURORAL EMISSIONS; BRIGHTNESS MEASUREMENT; CCD ARRAY DETECTOR; GODHAVN SPECTROMETER; INCOHERENT SCATTER RADAR; OPTICAL SPECTROMETER SYSTEM;

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0032551836     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.005760     Document Type: Article

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