New science in plain sight: Citizen scientists lead to the discovery of optical structure in the upper atmosphere

A glowing ribbon of purple light running east-west in the night sky has recently been observed by citizen scientists. This narrow, subauroral, visible structure, distinct from the traditional auroral oval, was largely undocumented in the scientific literature and little was known about its formation...

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Autores principales: MacDonald, Elizabeth A., Donovan, Eric, Nishimura, Yukitoshi, Case, Nathan A., Gillies, D. Megan, Gallardo-Lacourt, Bea, Archer, William E., Spanswick, Emma L., Bourassa, Notanee, Connors, Martin, Heavner, Matthew, Jackel, Brian, Kosar, Burcu, Knudsen, David J., Ratzlaff, Chris, Schofield, Ian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2018
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Research Articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5851661/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29546244
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaq0030

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5851661/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29546244
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaq0030

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