Coordinated study of coherent radar backscatter and optical airglow depletions in the central Pacific

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Miller, E S ^a,b   Makela, J J ^a   Groves, K M ^c   Kelley, M C ^d   Tsunoda, R T ^e  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^e SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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EID: 77954422956     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014946     Document Type: Article

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