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Artificial auroras in the upper atmosphere. I - Electron beam injectionsThe Atlas-1 Spacelab payload's Space Experiments with Particle Accelerators generated artificial electron beams for the stimulation of auroral emissions at southern auroral latitudes. Optical measurements were made by the Shuttle Orbiter's onboard TV cameras, as well as by the Atmospheric Emissions Photometric Imager (in both white light and the 427.8 nm N2(+) emission line). Shuttle-based auroral imaging furnished a novel perspective on the artificial auroras; the emissions were traced from 295 km to the 110 km level along the curved magnetic-field lines.
Document ID
19930047919
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Burch, J. L.
(Southwest Research Inst. San Antonio, TX, United States)
Mende, S. B.
(Lockheed Research Labs. Palo Alto, CA, United States)
Kawashima, N.
(Inst. of Space and Astronautical Science Sagamihara, Japan)
Roberts, W. T.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Taylor, W. W. L.
(Nichols Research Corp. Arlington, VA, United States)
Neubert, T.
(Michigan Univ. Ann Arbor, United States)
Gibson, W. C.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Marshall, J. A.
(Southwest Research Inst. San Antonio, TX, United States)
Swenson, G. R.
(Lockheed Research Labs. Palo Alto, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
March 19, 1993
Publication Information
Publication: Geophysical Research Letters
Volume: 20
Issue: 6
ISSN: 0094-8276
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
93A31916
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS8-32488
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS8-32827
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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