Small scale plasma variations in PMSE
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Small scale density variations of electrons and charged particles in the vicinity of polar mesosphere summer echoes M. Rapp, F.-J. Lübken, and T. A. Blix Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Schlossstr. 6, 18225 Kühlungsborn, Germany Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, Kjeller, Norway Received: 22 May 2003 – Accepted: 27 June 2003 – Published: 4 July 2003 Correspondence to: M. Rapp ([email protected])
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