The estimation of D-region electron densities from riometer data

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 603-613

  Hargreaves, J K ^a   Friedrich, M ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Auroral ionosphere; Instruments and techniques; Ionosphere; Ionospheric propagation; Radio science

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0038792740     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-603-2003     Document Type: Article

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