Spatial relationship of nighttime medium-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances and F region field-aligned irregularities observed with two spaced all-sky airglow imagers and the middle and upper atmosphere radar

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Otsuka, Y ^b   Shiokawa, K ^b   Ogawa, T ^a   Yokoyama, T ^d   Yamamoto, M ^c  

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

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

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EID: 68749083715     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013902     Document Type: Article

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