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Research ArticleSPACE SCIENCES
New science in plain sight: Citizen scientists lead to the discovery of optical structure in the upper atmosphere
- Elizabeth A. MacDonald1,2,*,
- Eric Donovan3,
- Yukitoshi Nishimura4,5,
- Nathan A. Case6,
- D. Megan Gillies3,
- Bea Gallardo-Lacourt3,5,
- William E. Archer3,†,
- Emma L. Spanswick3,
- Notanee Bourassa7,
- Martin Connors3,8,9,
- Matthew Heavner2,10,
- Brian Jackel3,
- Burcu Kosar1,2,
- David J. Knudsen3,
- Chris Ratzlaff7 and
- Ian Schofield8
- 1NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA.
- 2New Mexico Consortium, Los Alamos, NM 87544, USA.
- 3University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
- 4Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
- 5University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
- 6Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK.
- 7Alberta Aurora Chasers, Alberta, Canada.
- 8Athabasca University, Athabasca, Alberta, Canada.
- 9Department of Physics and Astronomy and Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration, Western University, London, Ontario N6A 3K7, Canada.
- 10Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA.
- ↵*Corresponding author. Email: e.a.macdonald{at}nasa.gov
↵† Present address: Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E2, Canada.
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Science Advances 14 Mar 2018:
Vol. 4, no. 3, eaaq0030
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaq0030
Vol. 4, no. 3, eaaq0030
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaq0030
Elizabeth A. MacDonald
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA.New Mexico Consortium, Los Alamos, NM 87544, USA.
Eric Donovan
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Yukitoshi Nishimura
Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Nathan A. Case
Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK.
D. Megan Gillies
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Bea Gallardo-Lacourt
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
William E. Archer
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Emma L. Spanswick
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Notanee Bourassa
Alberta Aurora Chasers, Alberta, Canada.
Martin Connors
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.Athabasca University, Athabasca, Alberta, Canada.Department of Physics and Astronomy and Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration, Western University, London, Ontario N6A 3K7, Canada.
Matthew Heavner
New Mexico Consortium, Los Alamos, NM 87544, USA.Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA.
Brian Jackel
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Burcu Kosar
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA.New Mexico Consortium, Los Alamos, NM 87544, USA.
David J. Knudsen
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Chris Ratzlaff
Alberta Aurora Chasers, Alberta, Canada.
Ian Schofield
Athabasca University, Athabasca, Alberta, Canada.
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