Conjugate observations of ENA signals in the high-altitude cusp and proton auroral spot in the low-altitude cusp with IMAGE spacecraft

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 13, 2008, Pages

  Suzuki, Shin ^a   Taguchi, S ^a   Hosokawa, K ^a   Collier, M R ^b   Moore, T E ^b   Frey, H U ^c   Mende, S B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; IMAGE SENSORS; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR WIND; SPACECRAFT; WIND POWER;

AURORAL EMISSIONS; COMMON SOURCES; DAYSIDE MAGNETOPAUSE; HIGH ALTITUDES; IMAGER FOR MAGNETOPAUSE-TO-AURORA GLOBAL EXPLORATION; LOW ALTITUDES; LOW ENERGIES; NEUTRAL ATOMS; PROTON DENSITIES; SOURCE LOCATIONS; TEMPORAL VARIATIONS;

PROTONS;

AURORA; CORRELATION; IMAGERY; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOPAUSE; SOLAR WIND; TEMPORAL VARIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 53749085599     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034543     Document Type: Article

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