Some new features of electron density irregularities over SHAR during strong spread F

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 141-151

  Raizada, S ^a   Sinha, H S S ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (equatorial ionosphere; ionospheric irregularities); Radio science (ionospheric physics)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034400946     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-000-0141-8     Document Type: Article

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