Identification of active fossil bubbles based on coordinated VHF radar and airglow measurements

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2099-2102

  Sekar, R ^a   Chakrabarty, D ^a   Sarkhel, S ^a   Patra, A K ^b   Devasia, C V ^c   Kelley, M C ^d  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^c INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^d School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRGLOW; BUBBLE; FOSSIL; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PLASMA; RADAR;

EID: 36049024917     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-2099-2007     Document Type: Article

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