Observation of O+ 4P-4D0 lines in proton aurora over Svalbard

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  Ivchenko, N ^a,b   Galand, M ^c   Lanchester, B S ^a   Rees, M H ^a   Lummerzheim, D ^d   Furniss, I ^e   Fordham, J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROTONS; SATELLITES;

ELECTRON AURORA; PROTON AURORA;

GEOPHYSICS;

AURORA; ELECTRON; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 4143058032     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL019313     Document Type: Article

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