Electron and proton excitation of the FUV aurora: Simultaneous IMAGE and NOAA observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A11, 2002, Pages

  Coumans, V ^a   Gerard J C ^a   Hubert, B ^a   Evans, D S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

FUV aurora; High energy protons; IMAGE satellite; Lyman alpha; NOAA satellite

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549122788     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA009233     Document Type: Article

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