Thermospheric gravity waves in the southern polar cap from 5 years of photometric observations at Davis, Antarctica

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A8, 2001, Pages 15489-15499

  Innis, J L ^a,c   Greet, P A ^a   Dyson, P L ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

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EID: 39449115150     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001ja000032     Document Type: Article

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