Proton aurora observed from the ground

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1488-1501

  Galand, Marina ^a   Chakrabarti, Supriya ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auroral spectroscopy; H. Balmer; Proton aurora

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; DOPPLER RADAR; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; IONOSPHERE; LIGHT EMISSION; MAGNETOSPHERE;

HIGH-LATITUDE IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERIC SUBSTORMS; PROTON PRECIPITATION;

PROTON IRRADIATION;

AURORA; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; SCATTERING;

EID: 33747812897     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2005.04.013     Document Type: Article

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