The role of vibrationally excited nitrogen and oxygen in the ionosphere over Millstone Hill during 16-23 March, 1990

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 957-966

  Pavlov, A V ^a,b   Oyama, K I ^b  

^a PUSHKOV INSTITUTE OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM   (Russian Federation)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (ion chemistry and composition; ionosphere atmosphere interactions; ionospheric disturbances)

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042537231     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-000-0957-2     Document Type: Article

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