Vertical E x B drift velocity variations and associated low-latitude ionospheric irregular investigated with the TOPEX and GPS satellite data

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1017-1030

  Horvath, I ^a   Essex, E A ^a  

^a University of Melbourne   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (electric fields; equatorial ionosphere; mid latitude ionosphere)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0037779177     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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