Ionospheric conductances derived from satellite measurements of auroral UV and X-ray emissions, and ground-based electromagnetic data: A comparison

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 343-358

  Aksnes, A ^a   Amm, O ^b   Stadsnes, J ^a   Ostgaard N ^a,c   Germany, G A ^d   Vondrak, R R ^e   Sillanpaa I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Auroral ionosphere; Particle precipitation; Instruments and techniques)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 16244383923     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-343-2005     Document Type: Article

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