On the causes of the annual variation in the plasmaspheric electron density

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 935-946

  Richards, P G ^a   Chang, T ^a   Comfort, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

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EID: 0039591672     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(00)00039-0     Document Type: Article

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