Vertical and zonal equatorial F-region plasma bubble velocities determined from OI 630 nm nightglow imaging

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1297-1300

  Fagundes, P R ^a,b   Sahai, Y ^a   Batista, I S ^a   Bittencourt, J A ^a   Abdu, M A ^a   Takashi, H ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO   (Brazil)

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EID: 0001222597     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(97)00790-4     Document Type: Article

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