Galileo orbiter ultraviolet observations of Jupiter aurora

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 103, Issue 3339, 1998, Pages 20125-20148

  Ajello, Joseph ^a   Shemansky, Donald ^b   Pryor, Wayne ^c   Tobiska, Kent ^a   Hord, Charles ^c   Stephens, Stuart ^a   Stewart, Ian ^c   Clarke, John ^d   Simmons, Karen ^c   McClintock, William ^c   Barth, Charles ^c   Gebben, Jeremy ^c   Miller, Deborah ^c   Sandel, Bill ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JUPITER;

EID: 0032581863     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98je00832     Document Type: Article

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