Electron content measurements in the auroral zone using GPS: Preliminary observations of the main trough and a survey of the degree of irregularity in summer

Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 1449-1457

  Hargreaves, J K ^a,b   Burns, C J ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Engineering Department

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EID: 0000176498     PISSN: 00219169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9169(95)00169-7     Document Type: Article

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