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Pulsating aurora: The importance of the ionosphere
Author(s) -
StenbaekNielsen H. C.
Publication year - 1980
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/gl007i005p00353
Subject(s) - ionosphere , geophysics , geology , physics , atmospheric sciences
A number of different, but mainly optical, observations made in pulsating auroras are presented. These observations indicate that active ionospheric processes are likely to play an important role in causing and/or modifying pulsating aurora.