Sunlit aurora and the N2 + ion: A personal perspective

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 51, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 887-890

  Hunten, Donald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aurora; Ionosphere

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; OXYGEN; POSITIVE IONS; RESONANCE; SCATTERING; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

SUNLIT AURORA;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 0142011961     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(03)00079-5     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Bates D.R. The emission of the negative system of nitrogen from the upper atmosphere and the significance of the twilight flash in the theory of the ionosphere. Proc. Roy. Soc (London). A196:1949;562-591.
2. Bates D.R. Consideration of the results obtained by rockets. Boyd R.L.F., Seaton M.J. Rocket Exploration of the Upper Atmosphere. 1954;747-756 Pergamon, London.
3. + Planet. Space Sci. 15:1967;1801-1815.
4. + emission Planet. Space Sci. 16:1968;693-699.
5. + emission in the twilight Planet. Space Sci. 14:1966;1303-1319.
6. + emission J. Geophys. Res. 104:1999;17,145-17,155.
7. Craven P.D., Olsen C.R., Chappell C.R., Kakan L. Observations of molecular ions in the Earth's magnetosphere. J. Geophys. Res. 90:1985;7599-7605.
8. Harang L. The Aurorae. 1951;Chapman & Hall, London.
9. Hoffman J.H., Dobson W.H., Lippincott C.R., Hammack H.D. Initial ion composition results from the ISIS 2 satellite. J. Geophys. Res. 79:1974;4246-4251.
10. Hunten D.M. A rapid-scanning auroral spectrometer. Can. J. Phys. 31:1953;681-690.
11. + in the atmosphere Planet. Space Sci. 10:1963;37-45.
12. Hunten D.M. Sunlit auroras. Runcorn S.K. International Dictionary of Geophysics. 1967;Pergamon Press, Oxford.
13. Hunten D.M. An unplanned career in space physics. J. Geophys. Res. 101:1996;10,567-10,576.
14. + emission Can. J. Phys. 38:1960;477-481.
15. + twilight and sunlit aurora Can. J. Phys. 40:1962;1370-1384.
16. + twilight and sunlit aurora Can. J. Phys. 41:1963;1729-1732.
17. Norton, R.B., VanZandt, T.E., Denison, J.S., 1963. A model of the atmosphere and ionosphere in the E and F1 regions. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on the Ionosphere. Inst. Phys. and Phys. Soc., London, pp. 26-34.
18. Omholt A. Photometric observations of rayed and pulsating aurora. Astrophys. J. 126:1957;461-462.
19. Peterson W.K., Abe T., Fukunishi H., Greffen M.J., Hayakawa H., Kasahara Y., Kimura I., Matsuoka A., Nagatsuma T., Tsuruda K., Whalen B.A., Yau A.W. On the sources of ionization of molecular ions at ionospheric altitudes. J. Geophys. Res. 99:1994;23,257-23,274.
20. Rees M.H. Absolute photometry of the aurora II. Molecular nitrogen emission in the sunlit aurora. J. Atmos. Terr. Phys. 14:1959;338-344.
21. Romick G.J., Morgan M.F., Morrison D., Paxton L.J., Meng C.-I. Polar cap optical observations of topside. (>900 km) molecular nitrogen ions Geophys. Res. Lett. 26:1999;1003-1006.
22. Størmer C. The Polar Aurora. 1955;Clarendon Press, Oxford.
23. Taylor H.A. Parametric description of thermospheric ion composition results. J. Geophys. Res. 78:1973;315-319.
24. + bands in sunlit auroral rays Can. J. Phys. 38:1960;458-476.
25. Wallace L., McElroy M.B. The visual dayglow. Planet. Space Sci. 14:1966;677-708.
26. Yau A.W., Shelly E.G., Peterson W.K., Lenchyshyn L. Energetic auroral and polar ion outflow at DE 1 altitudes. magnitude, composition, magnetic activity dependence, and long-term variations J. Geophys. Res. 90:1985;8417-8432.