"Atmospheric holes" are not small comets

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A8, 2000, Pages 18575-18579

  Harris, Alan W ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 39449122631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja000216     Document Type: Article

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