An empirical model of ion composition in the outer ionosphere

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 653-663

  Triskova L ^a   Truhlik V ^a   Smilauer J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; IONOSPHERE; IONS; POLYNOMIALS; SATELLITES;

SOLAR ACTIVITY;

SPACE RESEARCH;

ELECTRON DENSITY;

EID: 0038632102     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)00040-1     Document Type: Article

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