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Identification of auroral EUV emissions
Author(s) -
Fischer F.,
Stasek G.,
Schmidtke G.
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/gl007i011p01003
Subject(s) - airglow , extreme ultraviolet lithography , rocket (weapon) , environmental science , spectral line , ionization , atmospheric sciences , thermosphere , astrobiology , physics , ionosphere , astronomy , ion , optics , geography , archaeology , quantum mechanics
From measurements of two rocket flights and from laboratory investigations auroral EUV emissions are identified. Contrary to the airglow, emissions from ionized nitrogen are present in the auroral emission spectra below 80 nm.