Sporadic Ca and Ca+ layers at mid-latitudes: Simultaneous observations and implications for their formation

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 47-58

  Gerding, M ^a,b   Alpers, M ^b   Hoffner J ^b   Von Zahn, U ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (ion chemistry and composition; ionosphere atmosphere interactions; mid latitude ionosphere)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345917032     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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