Models of thermospheric sodium, calcium and magnesium at the magnetic equator

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 863-866

  McNeil, William J ^a   Lai, Shu T ^b   Murad, Edmond ^b  

^a Radex Inc   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; METAL ATOM; SODIUM; THERMOSPHERE;

EID: 0031867712     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(97)00643-1     Document Type: Article

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