Generation region of pulsating aurora obtained simultaneously by the FAST satellite and a Syowa-Iceland conjugate pair of observatories

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A10, 2004, Pages

  Sato, N ^a,b   Wright, D M ^c   Carlson, C W ^d   Ebihara, Y ^a   Sato, M ^e,f   Saemundsson, T ^g   Milan, S E ^c   Lester, M ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Aurora; Conjugacy; Pulsating aurora

Indexed keywords

EID: 27544501205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010419     Document Type: Article

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