Altitude of Saturn's aurora and its implications for the characteristic energy of precipitated electrons

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Gerard J C ^a   Bonfond, B ^a   Gustin, J ^a   Grodent, D ^a   Clarke, J T ^b   Bisikalo, D ^c   Shematovich, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; METHANE; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES; ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ADVANCED CAMERA FOR SURVEYS; CHARACTERISTIC ENERGIES; ELECTRON TRANSPORTS; EMISSION LAYERS; HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPES; MODIFIED MODELS; PRESSURE LEVELS; SPECTRAL OBSERVATIONS;

ELECTRONS;

ALTITUDE; AURORA; ELECTRON; MODELING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SATURN; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 62749137179     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036554     Document Type: Article

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