Initial observations of auroras by the multi-spectral auroral camera on board the Reimei satellite

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 827-835

  Obuchi, Yasuyuki ^a,d   Sakanoi, Takeshi ^a   Yamazaki, Atsushi ^b   Ino, Tomohiro ^a,e   Okano, Shoichi ^a   Kasaba, Yasumasa ^a   Hirahara, Masafumi ^c   Kanai, Yoshikazu ^d   Takeyama, Norihide ^d  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d Mitaka Sangyo Plaza 601   (Japan)

^e CANON INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Auroral fine structure; Visible camera

Indexed keywords

AURORA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; SPECTRUM; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 53849097729     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352834     Document Type: Article

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