Simultaneous observation of ionospheric plasma bubbles and mesospheric gravity waves during the SpreadFEx campaign

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1477-1487

  Takahashi, H ^a   Taylor, M J ^b   Pautet, P D ^b   Medeiros, A F ^c   Gobbi, D ^a   Wrasse, C M ^d   Fechine, J ^c   Abdu, M A ^a   Batista, I S ^a   Paula, E ^a   Sobral, J H A ^a   Arruda, D ^a   Vadas, S L ^e   Sabbas, F S ^a   Fritts, D C ^e  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO   (Brazil)

^e Colorado Research Associates ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (airglow and aurora); Ionosphere (ionospheric irregularities)

Indexed keywords

AIRGLOW; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; AURORA; GRAVITY WAVE; IONOSPHERE; MESOSPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PLASMA;

EID: 68749111893     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-1477-2009     Document Type: Article

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