The Analysis of the H Lyman α Emission Line Profile from Jupiter's Aurora

Icarus

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 234-243

  Rego, Daniel ^a,b   Clarke, John T ^a   Jaffel, Lotfi Ben ^c   Ballester, Gilda E ^a   Prangé, Renée ^d   McConnell, Jack ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^e YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0346510162     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2000.6583     Document Type: Article

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