Aurorasaurus: A citizen science platform for viewing and reporting the aurora

Space Weather

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 548-559

  MacDonald, E A ^a,b   Case, N A ^a,b   Clayton, J H ^c   Hall, M K ^c   Heavner, M ^a,d   Lalone, N ^e   Patel, K G ^a,b   Tapia, A ^e  

^a NEW MEXICO CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Science Education Solutions   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alerts; aurora; citizen science

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945450335     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15427390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015SW001214     Document Type: Article

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