Effect of equatorial ionization anomaly on the occurrence of spread-F

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 255-262

  Jayachandran, P T ^a   Sri Ram, P ^a   Somayajulu, V V ^b   Rama Rao, P V S ^a  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

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EID: 0004741286     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-997-0255-3     Document Type: Article

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