A review of atmospheric gravity waves and travelling ionospheric disturbances: 1982-1995

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 917-940

  Hocke, K ^a   Schlegel, K ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

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