Ion composition and effective ion recombination rate in the nighttime auroral lower ionosphere

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 1919-1943

  Del Pozo, C F ^a,c   Hargreaves, J K ^b   Aylward, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0042130154     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(97)00033-3     Document Type: Article

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