Ray trajectories in an absorbing ionosphere

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 2101-2110

  Sonnenschein, Elazar ^a   Censor, Dan ^a   Rutkevich, Igor ^a   Bennett, John A ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0039046665     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(97)00035-7     Document Type: Article

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