Multispectral tomographic imaging of the midlatitude aurora

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A11, 1999, Pages 24565-24585

  Semeter, Joshua ^a,b,c   Mendillo, Michael ^b,d   Baumgardner, Jeffrey ^b,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 2242457153     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900305     Document Type: Article

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