Evidence of meso-scale structure in the high-latitude thermosphere

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-46

  Aruliah, A L ^a   Griffin, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (air glow and aurora; instruments and techniques); Ionosphere (ionosphere atmosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035587660     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-19-37-2001     Document Type: Article

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