The summer evening anomaly and conjugate effects

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Burns, A G ^a   Solomon, S C ^a   Wang, W ^a   Jee, G ^b   Lin, C H ^c   Rocken, C ^d   Kuo, Y H ^e  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 79251612415     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015648     Document Type: Article

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