Observations of aurorae by SPICAM ultraviolet spectrograph on board Mars Express: Simultaneous ASPERA-3 and MARSIS measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Leblanc, F ^a,b   Witasse, O ^c   Lilensten, J ^d   Frahm, R A ^e   Safaenili, Ali ^f   Brain, D A ^g   Mouginot, J ^d   Nilsson, H ^h   Futaana, Y ^h   Halekas, J ^g   Holmstrom M ^h   Bertaux, J L ^a,i   Winningham, J D ^e   Kofman, W ^d   Lundin, R ^h  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

^e SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

ⁱ SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

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EID: 55849094776     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013033     Document Type: Article

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