Observation of O+ (4P-4D0) lines in electron aurora over Svalbard

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2805-2817

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (particle precipitation); Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (airglow and aurora)

Indexed keywords

AURORA; E REGION; ELECTRON; IONIZATION; IONOSPHERE;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 4143141474     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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