TRANS4: A new coupled electron/proton transport code – Comparison to observations above Svalbard using ESR, DMSP and optical measurements

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 661-673

  Simon, C ^a   Lilensten, J ^a   Moen, J ^b,c   Holmes, J M ^c   Ogawa, Y ^d   Oksavik, K ^e   Denig, W F ^f,g  

^a LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^f AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL DATA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON DENSITY; FLUID FLOW; IONOSPHERE; OPTICAL METHOD; PARTICULATE FLUX; SPECTROMETER;

ARCTIC; NY-ALESUND; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 34047126802     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-661-2007     Document Type: Article

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