The nocturnal behavior of the hydroxyl airglow at the equatorial and low latitudes as observed by WINDII: Comparison with ground-based measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A11, 1999, Pages 24657-24665

  Melo, Stella M L ^a   Lowe, R P ^a   Takahashi, Hisao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

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EID: 0001278181     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900291     Document Type: Article

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