Mechanism for the green glow of the upper ionosphere

Science

Volumn 278, Issue 5341, 1997, Pages 1276-1278

  Guberman, Steven L ^a  

^a Institute for Scientific Research   (United States)

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ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; ENERGY BALANCE; OXYGEN AFFINITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY;

EID: 0030680118     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.278.5341.1276     Document Type: Article

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