The terrestrial potassium layer (75-110 km) between 71°S and 54°N: Observations and modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A8, 1999, Pages 17173-17186

  Eska, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

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