C/NOFS satellite observations of equatorial ionospheric plasma structures supported by multiple ground-based diagnostics in October 2008

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Nishioka, M ^a,c   Basu, Su ^a   Basu, S ^a   Valladares, C E ^a   Sheehan, R E ^a   Roddy, P A ^b   Groves, K M ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 80455125683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016446     Document Type: Article

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