Initial observations with the Global Ultraviolet Imager (GUVI) in the NASA TIMED satellite mission

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A12, 2003, Pages

  Christensen, A B ^a   Paxton, L J ^b   Avery, S ^c   Craven, J ^d   Crowley, G ^e   Humm, D C ^b   Kil, H ^b   Meier, R R ^f   Meng, C I ^b   Morrison, D ^b   Ogorzalek, B S ^b   Straus, P ^a   Strickland, D J ^g   Swenson, R M ^h   Walterscheid, R L ^a   Wolven, B ^b   Zhang, Y ^b  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g Computational Physics Inc ^*  (United States)

^h UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airglow; Atmosphere; Aurora; Imaging; Satellite; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442573089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA009918     Document Type: Article

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