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Grodent et al. 1996
Grodent, D., Dols, V., Gérard, J.C. and Rego, D. (1996). The equatorial boundary of the ultraviolet Jovian north aurora observed with multispectral Hubble Space Telescope images. Journal of Geophysical Research 101: doi: 10.1029/95JE03259. issn: 0148-0227.

Multispectral observations of the far ultraviolet Jovian aurora with the faint object camera (FOC) on board the Hubble Space Telescope are reported. They are used to describe and compare the morphology and the mean brightness of the H2 Lyman and Werner bands observed at 153, 125, and 130 nm. It is shown that most of the emissions are confined inside the 6RJO6-GSFC auroral oval and fill a large fraction of the polar cap. During the ~50 hours time span of the observations following a very strong aurora, no bright arc was observed along the oval mapping the 30RJO6 oval. Hydrogen emissions at 125 and 130 nm are observed down to 50 ¿N and somewhat below, a region not accessible to previous FOC observations at longer wavelengths. Temporal variations are also observed on timescales of hours to days. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1996

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Planetology, Solar System Objects, Jupiter, Magnetospheric Physics, Planetary magnetospheres, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Airglow and aurora, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Planetary atmospheres
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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