Imaging science at El Leoncito, Argentina

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1375-1385

  Martinis, C ^a   Baumgardner, J ^a   Smith, S M ^a   Colerico, M ^a,b   Mendillo, M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRGLOW; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; IMAGING METHOD; IONIZATION; IONOSPHERE; MESOSPHERE; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; THERMOSPHERE;

ARGENTINA; EL LEONCITO NATIONAL PARK; SAN JUAN [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33751090964     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-1375-2006     Document Type: Article

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