A full-wave investigation of the use of a "cancellation factor" in gravity wave-OH airglow interaction studies

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A1, 2005, Pages

  Hickey, Michael P ^a   Yu, Yonghui ^a  

^a EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33644650261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010372     Document Type: Article

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