Equatorial spread F found in 5577 Å and 6300 Å airglow observations from Hawaii

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A9, 2002, Pages

  Kim, Yong Ha ^a   Hong, Seung Soo ^b   Weinberg, J L ^c  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Space Astronomy Laboratory ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Airglow; Gravity wave; Ionosphere; Upper atmosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 7244256437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA009232     Document Type: Article

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