Solar EUV Experiment (SEE): Mission overview and first results

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A1, 2005, Pages

  Woods, Thomas N ^a   Eparvier, Francis G ^a   Bailey, Scott M ^b   Chamberlin, Phillip C ^a   Lean, Judith ^c   Rottman, Gary J ^a   Solomon, Stanley C ^d,f   Tobiska, W Kent ^e   Woodraska, Donald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e Space Environment Technologies ^*  (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 33747077936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010765     Document Type: Article

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