Using colour in auroral imaging

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Physics
• Main Authors: Partamies, N, Syrjäsuo, M, Donovan, E
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2007
• Subjects: General Physics and Astronomy; Svalbard; Norway; Adventdalen
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/p06-090; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/p06-090

The prototype of an auroral colour camera named Rainbow was run at the Auroral Station in Adventdalen, Svalbard, Norway, during a Finnish optical campaign in February, 2004. Instead of narrow band-pass filters and grey-scale images, this imager records colour images of the aurora using four wide-ban...