Morphology and time variability of Io's visible aurora

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A11, 2001, Pages 26137-26146

  Geissler, P E ^a   Smyth, W H ^b   McEwen, A S ^a   Ip, W ^c   Belton, M J S ^d   Johnson, T V ^e   Ingersoll, A P ^f   Rages, K ^g   Hubbard, W ^a   Dessler, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Belton Space Exploration Initiatives LLC   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g MS 264 419 ^*  (United States)

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EID: 39449119409     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja002511     Document Type: Article

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