A study of fine structure of diffuse aurora with ALIS-FAST measurements

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3185-3195

  Sergienko, T ^a   Sandahl, I ^a   Gustavsson, B ^b   Andersson, L ^c   Brandstram U ^a   Steen, A ^d  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d RemSpace Group   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; ELECTRON; GRAVITY WAVE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; PLASMA; SPECTROMETER; WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 54849429658     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-3185-2008     Document Type: Article

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