TEC climatology derived from TOPEX/POSEIDON measurements

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 281-298

  Codrescu, M V ^a   Palo, S E ^b   Zhang, X ^b   Fuller Rowell, T J ^a   Poppe, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 0032896983     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(98)00132-1     Document Type: Article

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