Brightness measurements of the nighttime O I 8446 Å airglow emission from the Millstone Hill and Arecibo Observatories

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A3, 2000, Pages 5275-5290

  Lancaster, Redgie S ^a,b   Waldrop, Laura S ^a   Kerr, Robert B ^c,g   Noto, John ^c,g   Solomon, Stanley C ^d   Tepley, Craig A ^e,f   Garcia, Raul ^e,f   Friedman, Jonathan ^e,f  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Scientific Solutions Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^f ARECIBO OBSERVATORY   (Puerto Rico)

^g Code 912 ^*  (United States)

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EID: 39449105329     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900410     Document Type: Article

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