Pulsating aurora induced by upper atmospheric barium releases
- 1 May 1977
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature
- Vol. 267 (5607), 135-136
- https://doi.org/10.1038/267135a0
Abstract
An effect which appeared to be pulsating aurora was observed to be associated with explosive releases of barium vapour near 250 km altitude, but only when the explosions were in the path of precipitating electrons associated with the visible aurora.Keywords
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