Small scale density variations of electrons and charged particles in the vicinity of polar mesosphere summer echoes

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1399-1407

  Rapp, M ^a   Lubken F J ^a   Blix, T A ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

^b NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

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EID: 13244251609     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-3-1399-2003     Document Type: Article

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