Plasma blobs and irregularities concurrently observed by ROCSAT-1 and Equatorial Atmosphere Radar

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Yokoyama, Tatsuhiro ^a,b   Su, Shin Yi ^c   Fukao, Shoichiro ^d  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 34547357565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA012044     Document Type: Article

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