Mesospheric gravity wave imaging at a subauroral site: First results from Millstone Hill

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A12, 2000, Pages 27119-27130

  Smith, Steven M ^a   Mendillo, Michael ^a   Baumgardner, Jeffrey ^a   Clark, Ronald R ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

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EID: 39449094811     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja000343     Document Type: Article

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