Spectroscopic Evidence for High-Altitude Aurora at Jupiter from Galileo Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer and Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope Observations

Icarus

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 151-171

  Ajello, Joseph M ^a   Shemansky, Donald E ^b   Pryor, Wayne R ^c   Stewart, A Ian ^c   Simmons, Karen E ^c   Majeed, Tariq ^d   Waite, J Hunter ^d   Gladstone, G Randy ^d   Grodent, Denis ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aurorae; Jupiter; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346606790     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2001.6619     Document Type: Article

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