Equatorial plasma bubbles observed by DMSP satellites during a full solar cycle: Toward a global climatology

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A12, 2002, Pages

  Huang, C Y ^a   Burke, W J ^b   Machuzak, J S ^b   Gentile, L C ^a   Sultan, P J ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Plasma bubbles; Solar cycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 6044246392     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009452     Document Type: Article

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