Quasiperiodic southward moving waves in 630-nm airglow images in the equatorial thermosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Shiokawa, K ^a   Otsuka, Y ^a   Ogawa, T ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 33748455969     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011406     Document Type: Article

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