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altitude of pulsating aurora determined by a new instrumental technique
Author(s) -
Brown N. B.,
Davis T. N.,
Hallinan T. J.,
StenbaekNielsen H. C.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl003i007p00403
Subject(s) - altitude (triangle) , instrumentation (computer programming) , range (aeronautics) , atmospheric sciences , geodesy , physics , remote sensing , ionosphere , temporal resolution , environmental science , energy (signal processing) , computational physics , geophysics , meteorology , optics , geology , materials science , geometry , mathematics , computer science , composite material , operating system , quantum mechanics
Measurements of the altitude of auroral lower borders using instrumentation having high spatial and temporal resolution yields the result that the average heights of pulsating auroras are lower than previous measurements indicate. Primary electric energy in the range 10 kev to 60 kev is required to explain the results.