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. 2019 Sep 11:8:83.
doi: 10.1038/s41377-019-0197-z. eCollection 2019.

Imaging global auroras in space

A T Y Lui  1
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Imaging global auroras in space

A T Y Lui. Light Sci Appl. .

Abstract

China's initial participation in the global monitoring of auroras for scientific and space weather investigations has been enabled by the successful launch of the Chinese Fengyun-3D satellite, which carries a wide-field auroral imager.

Keywords: Optics and photonics; Physics.

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Conflict of interestThe author declares that the author has no conflict of interest.

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