Semiannual and annual variations in the height of the ionospheric F2-peak

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 285-299

  Rishbeth, H ^a   Sedgemore Schulthess, K J F ^a   Ulich, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (thermosphere composition and chemistry); Ionosphere (mid latitude ionosphere)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034394084     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-000-0285-6     Document Type: Article

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