Climatology of plasma density depletions observed by DMSP in the dawn sector

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Gentile, L C ^a   Burke, W J ^a   Roddy, P A ^a   Retterer, J M ^a   Tsunoda, R T ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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EID: 79952995435     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA016176     Document Type: Article

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