Estimating drift velocity of polar cap patches with all-sky airglow imager at Resolute Bay, Canada

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 15, 2006, Pages

  Hosokawa, K ^a   Shiokawa, K ^b   Otsuka, Y ^b   Nakajima, A ^b   Ogawa, T ^b   Kelly, J D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CORRELATION METHODS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

ALL-SKY AIRGLOW IMAGERS; DAWN-DUSK COMPONENTS; DRIFT VELOCITY; POLAR CAP PATCHES;

VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AIRGLOW; ALGORITHM; CONVECTION; IMAGERY; RESOLUTION;

CANADA; CORNWALLIS ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; RESOLUTE BAY;

EID: 33845627664     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026916     Document Type: Article

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