High altitude observations of electron temperature and a possible north-south asymmetry

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 775-788

  Denton, M H ^a   Bailey, G J ^a   Su, Y Z ^a   Oyama, K I ^b   Abe, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 0003796433     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(99)00036-X     Document Type: Article

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