An auroral source of hot oxygen in the geocorona

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Shematovich, V I ^a   Bisikalo, D V ^a   Gerard J C ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELASTICITY; IONOSPHERE; IONS; KINETIC ENERGY; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

AURORAL SOURCE; ELASTIC COLLISION; GEOCORONA; HIGH-ENERGY PROTON-HYDROGEN BEAMS; HOT OXYGEN ATOMS; THERMOSPHERES;

OXYGEN;

AURORA; CORONA; OXYGEN; THERMOSPHERE;

EID: 16344365701     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021912     Document Type: Article

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