The effects of nitric oxide cooling and the photodissociation of molecular oxygen on the thermosphere/ionosphere system over the Argentine Islands

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 355-365

  Wells, G D ^a   Rodger, A S ^b   Moffett, R J ^a   Bailey, G J ^a   Fuller Rowell, T J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 0004738471     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-997-0355-0     Document Type: Article

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