Instability layers and airglow imaging

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Hecht, J H ^a  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Airglow

Indexed keywords

AIRGLOW; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; GRAVITY WAVE; INSTABILITY;

EID: 2542453903     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003RG000131     Document Type: Article

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