Sporadic sodium and E layers observed during the summer 2002 MaCWAVE/MIDAS rocket campaign

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1257-1266

  Williams, B P ^a   Croskey, C L ^b   She, C Y ^c   Mitchell, J D ^b   Goldberg, R A ^d  

^a Colorado Research Associates Division ^*  (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

E REGION; ELECTRON DENSITY; FORMATION MECHANISM; SODIUM; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WIND PROFILE;

AVES;

EID: 33751115721     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-1257-2006     Document Type: Article

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