Field-aligned 777.4-nm composite airglow images of equatorial plasma depletions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Makela, J J ^a   Kelley, M C ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b School of Chemical and Molecular Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SATELLITES; SCINTILLATION; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

DEPLETIONS; ALIGNED IMAGES; COMPOSITE IMAGES; CROSS CORRELATIONS; MIDLATITUDES; SINGLE COMPOSITES; SPREAD F; TWO DIMENSIONAL FIELD; VELOCITY SHEAR;

GEOPHYSICS; SHEAR FLOW;

PLASMA;

EID: 0042384956     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017106     Document Type: Article

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