First results of the limb imaging of 630.0 nm airglow using FORMOSAT-2/Imager of Sprites and Upper Atmospheric Lightnings

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Rajesh, P K ^a   Liu, J Y ^a   Chiang, C Y ^b   Chen, A B ^b   Chen, W S ^a   Su, H T ^b   Hsu, R R ^b   Lin, C H ^b   Hsu, M L ^b   Yee, J H ^c   Nee, J B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 72649100689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014087     Document Type: Article

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