Oxygen atom Rydberg emission in the equatorial ionosphere from radiative recombination

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A10, 2004, Pages

  Slanger, T G ^a   Cosby, P C ^a   Huestis, D L ^a   Meier, R R ^b,c  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c George Mason University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionospheric emission; Oxygen geocorona; Oxygen Rydberg transitions; Radiative recombination

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749112243     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010556     Document Type: Article

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