Optical observations of the growth and day-to-day variability of equatorial plasma bubbles

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Makela, J J ^a   Miller, E S ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

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EID: 44349165033     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012661     Document Type: Conference Paper

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