Midcourse space experiment/ultraviolet and visible imaging and spectrographic imaging limb observations of combined proton/hydrogen/electron aurora

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A1, 2001, Pages 65-75

  Strickland, D J ^a   Bishop, J ^c   Evans, J S ^a   Majeed, T ^d   Cox, R J ^a   Morrison, D ^b   Romick, G J ^b   Carbary, J F ^b   Paxton, L J ^b   Meng, C I ^b  

^a Computational Physics Inc ^*  (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 33845736268     PISSN: 21699380     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JA002007     Document Type: Article

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