High resolution OI (630 nm) image measurements of F-region depletion drifts during the Guará campaign

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1699-1702

  Taylor, M J ^a   Eccles, J V ^b   LaBelle, J ^c   Sobral, J H A ^d  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Space Environment Corporation ^*  (United States)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOPLASMA; ASTROPHYSICS; F REGION; GEOMAGNETISM; IMAGING SYSTEMS;

AIRGLOW DEPLETIONS; DRIFT MOTION; HIGH RESOLUTION; IMAGE MEASUREMENTS; MAGNETIC ACTIVITY; MAGNETIC DIP; MONOCHROMATIC IMAGES; PLASMA DRIFTS;

F REGION; GEOPHYSICS;

CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA;

DEPLETION DRIFTS; F REGION DEPLETIONS; GUARA CAMPAIGN;

EID: 0031176478     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01207     Document Type: Article

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