Generation of atmospheric gravity waves associated with auroral activity in the polar F region

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A9, 2001, Pages 18543-18554

  Oyama, S ^a,b   Ishii, M ^a   Murayama, Y ^a   Shinagawa, H ^b   Buchert, S C ^b   Fujii, R ^b   Kofman, W ^c   Nozawa, S ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

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