Io's atmospheric response to eclipse: UV aurorae observations

Science

Volumn 318, Issue 5848, 2007, Pages 237-240

  Retherford, K D ^a   Spencer, J R ^b   Stern, S A ^c   Saur, J ^d   Strobel, D F ^e   Steffl, A J ^b   Gladstone, G R ^a   Weaver, H A ^e   Cheng, A F ^c   Parker, J Wm ^b   Slater, D C ^a   Versteeg, M H ^a   Davis, M W ^a   Bagenal, F ^f   Throop, H B ^b   Lopes, R M C ^g   Reuter, D C ^h   Lunsford, A ^h   Conard, S J ^e   Young, L A ^b   Moore, J M ⁱ   more..

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA; ELECTRODYNAMICS; IMAGING METHOD; JUPITER; MAGNETOSPHERE; SUBLIMATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VOLCANO;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; BRIGHTNESS; DYNAMICS; GEOMETRY; IMAGING; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; NIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE FLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; VOLCANO;

EID: 35348928119     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1147594     Document Type: Article

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