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The Changing Aurora of the Past Three Centuries

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Exploration of the Polar Upper Atmosphere

Part of the book series: NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series ((ASIC,volume 64))

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Studies of the aurora are of interest not only for their own sake but also for the information that can be inferred from them on the solar wind, solar variability, magnetospheric dynamics, and the dynamics of the upper atmosphere.

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  1. Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA, 01731, USA

    S. M. Silverman

  2. Dept of Physics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02167, USA

    J. Feynman

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  1. Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, 99701, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

    Charles S. Deehr

  2. Institute of Physics, University of Oslo, Blindern, P.O. Box 1038, Oslo 3, Norway

    Jan A. Holtet

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Silverman, S.M., Feynman, J. (1980). The Changing Aurora of the Past Three Centuries. In: Deehr, C.S., Holtet, J.A. (eds) Exploration of the Polar Upper Atmosphere. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 64. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8417-2_33

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