A modelling study of the longitudinal variations in the north-south asymmetries of the ionospheric equatorial anomaly

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1299-1310

  Su, Y Z ^a,b   Bailey, G J ^c   Oyama, K I ^a   Balan, N ^a,c  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0037784626     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(96)00016-8     Document Type: Article

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