Statistical characteristics of polar cap mesospheric gravity waves observed by an all-sky airglow imager at Resolute Bay, Canada

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Suzuki, S ^a   Shiokawa, K ^b   Hosokawa, K ^a   Nakamura, K ^b   Hocking, W K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 63149169028     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013652     Document Type: Article

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