A survey of large-scale variations in thermospheric oxygen column density with magnetic activity as inferred from observations of the FUV dayglow

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 102, Issue A3, 1997, Pages 4493-4510

  Nicholas, A C ^a,c,d   Craven, J D ^a   Frank, L A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c PRAXIS INC   (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 37149048158     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JA03464     Document Type: Article

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