Contribution of proton precipitation to space-based auroral FUV observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A3, 2004, Pages

  Galand, M ^a   Lummerzheim, D ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Auroral protons; FUV

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747823816     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010321     Document Type: Article

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