An interpretation of ion composition diurnal variation deduced from EISCAT observations

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 351-358

  Mikhailov, A V ^a   Kofman, W ^b  

^a PUSHKOV INSTITUTE OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM   (Russian Federation)

^b LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (ion chemistry and composition; modeling and forecasting)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035609405     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-19-351-2001     Document Type: Article

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