Multi-wavelength imaging observations of plasma depletions over Kavalur, India

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1119-1131

  Sinha, H S S ^a   Rajesh, P K ^a   Misra, R N ^a   Dutt, N ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (airglow and aurora); Ionosphere (equatorial ionosphere; ionospheric irregularities)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012542214     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-19-1119-2001     Document Type: Article

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