Atmospheric X-rays in the Southern hemisphere

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1381-1390

  Pinto Jr , O ^a   Mendes, O ^a   Pinto, I R C A ^a   Gonzalez, W D ^a   Holzworth, R H ^b   Hu, H ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAY; ELECTROMAGNETIC CASCADE; PHOTON; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; X-RAY;

EID: 0031422273     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(96)00180-0     Document Type: Review

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