Optical tomography of the aurora and EISCAT

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1332-1342

  Frey, H U ^a,b   Frey, S ^a,b   Lanchester, B S ^c   Kosch, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aurora; Conductivity; EISCAT; Ionosphere; Tomography

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542421290     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-998-1332-y     Document Type: Article

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