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Auroral sound

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

D. R. Bates
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Systematic optical and radio measurements from ground stations, together with measurements from rockets and satellites, have led to a good general understanding of auroras. However one topic remains conjectural: whether or not there is audible auroral sound.

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Polar Record , Volume 17 , Issue 107 , May 1974, pp. 103 - 108
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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