The THEMIS all-sky imaging array-system design and initial results from the prototype imager

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1472-1487

  Donovan, Eric ^a   Mende, Stephen ^b   Jackel, Brian ^a   Frey, Harald ^b   Syrjäsuo, Mikko ^a   Voronkov, Igor ^a   Trondsen, Trond ^a   Peticolas, Laura ^b   Angelopoulos, Vassilis ^b   Harris, Stewart ^b   Greffen, Mike ^a   Connors, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aurora; Imaging; Ionosphere; Magnetosphere; Substorm; THEMIS

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; IONOSPHERE; LIGHT EMISSION; MAGNETOSPHERE; PARTICLE DETECTORS; STORMS;

CENTRAL PLASMA SHEET; TIME HISTORY OF EVENTS AND MACROSCALE INTERACTIONS DURING SUBSTORMS;

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES;

DESIGN; IMAGING METHOD; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; SATELLITE SENSOR;

EID: 33747820806     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2005.03.027     Document Type: Article

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