Ionization hole campaign - A coordinated rocket and ground-based study at the onset of equatorial spread-F: First results

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 2051-2067

  Sridharan, R ^a   Chandra, H ^a   Das, S R ^a   Sekar, R ^a   Sinha, H S S ^a   Pallam Raju, D ^a   Narayanan, R ^a   Raizada, Shika ^a   Misra, R N ^a   Raghavarao, R ^a   Vyas, G D ^a   Rao, P B ^b   Ramarao, P V S ^c   Somayajulu, V V ^d   Babu, V V ^d   Danilov, A D ^e  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b National MST Radar Facility   (India)

^c ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^e INSTITUTE OF APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0005400749     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(97)00031-X     Document Type: Article

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