Simultaneous observations of equatorial plasma depletion by IMAGE and ROCSAT-1 satellites

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A6, 2005, Pages

  Lin, Chin S ^a   Immel, Thomas J ^b   Yeh, Huey Ching ^c   Mende, Stephen B ^b   Burch, J L ^d  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 33747200100     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010774     Document Type: Article

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