Observation of anomalous temperatures in the daytime O(1D) 6300 Å thermospheric emission: A possible signature of nonthermal atoms

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A7, 2001, Pages 12753-12764

  Hubert, B ^a   Gerard J C ^a   Killeen, T L ^b   Wu, Q ^b   Bisikalo, D V ^c   Shematovich, V I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 39449104157     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja900122     Document Type: Article

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