Height-resolved ionospheric drifts at low latitudes from simultaneous OI 777.4 nm and OI 630.0 nm imaging observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A11, 2004, Pages

  Abalde, J R ^a   Fagundes, P R ^a   Sahai, Y ^a   Pillat, V G ^a   Pimenta, A A ^b   Bittencourt, J A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ionospheric plasma bubbles; Ionospheric plasma drifts; OI 777.4 nm and OI 630.0 nm emissions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746395575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010560     Document Type: Article

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