Sunlit Io atmospheric [O I] 6300 Å emission and the plasma torus

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A11, 2001, Pages 26183-26193

  Oliversen, Ronald J ^a,b   Scherb, Frank ^b,c   Smyth, William H ^d   Freed, Melanie E ^a,b,e   Woodward Jr , R Carey ^b,c   Marconi, Max L ^f   Retherford, Kurt D ^b,g   Lupie, Olivia L ^b,h   Morgenthaler, Jeffrey P ^b,c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SOLAR OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin ^*  (United States)

^d ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^e RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^f Fresh Pond Research Institute Cambridge   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Space Telescope Science Institute ^*  (United States)

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EID: 39449123769     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja002507     Document Type: Article

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