Satellite limb tomography applied to airglow of the 630 nm emission

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A10, 2001, Pages 21367-21380

  Frey, S ^a   Mende, S B ^a   Frey, H U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 39449120031     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001ja900024     Document Type: Article

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