Critical comparison of OII(732-733 nm), OI(630 nm), and N2(1PG) emissions in auroral rays

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Semeter, Joshua ^a  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATOMS; OXYGEN; QUENCHING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

AURORAL OVAL; ALTITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS; ATOMIC OXYGEN; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; ELECTRON IMPACT; EMISSION LAYERS; PEAK EMISSIONS; RATE COEFFICIENTS; SPECTRAL IMAGERY;

GAS EMISSIONS; SPECTROSCOPY;

AURORA; IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0042701631     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002gl015828     Document Type: Article

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