Nearly simultaneous images of HF-pump enhanced airglow at 6300 Å and 5577 Å

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 24, 2002, Pages

  Gustavsson, B ^a   Brandstrom B U E ^b   Steen, A ^c   Sergienko, T ^b   Leyser, T B ^d   Rietveld, M T ^d,e   Aso, T ^a   Ejiri, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^c Remspace Inc   (Sweden)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^e EISCAT ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

F REGION; IONOSPHERE;

CO-LOCATED; HEATING FACILITIES; HF RADIO WAVES; INTENSITY RATIO; NONTHERMAL ELECTRONS; PUMP PULSE;

OPTICAL PUMPING;

EID: 0038742900     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015350     Document Type: Article

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