First ground-based optical analysis of Hβ Doppler profiles close to local noon in the cusp

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2543-2552

  Robertson, S C ^a,b   Lanchester, B S ^a   Galand, M ^c   Lummerzheim, D ^d   Stockton Chalk, A B ^a   Aylward, A D ^b   Furniss, I ^b   Baumgardner, J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Geophysical Institute   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA; DOPPLER EFFECT; HYDROGEN; LATITUDE; SOLAR PHENOMENA;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 33751073940     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-2543-2006     Document Type: Article

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