Observations of an intermediate layer during the Coqui II campaign

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A11, 2000, Pages 24963-24971

  Bishop, R L ^a   Earle, G D ^a   Herrero, F A ^b   Bateman, T T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 39449134821     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja000453     Document Type: Article

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