High resolution 2-D maps of OI 630.0 nm thermospheric dayglow from equatorial latitudes

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 997-1006

  Pallam Raju, D ^a   Sridharan, R ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (Airglow and aurora); Ionosphere (Equatorial ionosphere; Instruments and techniques)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542373877     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-998-0997-6     Document Type: Article

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