Ionospheric modelling at low latitudes over Brazil during summer solar minimum

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 133-138

  Souza, J R ^a,b   Bailey, G J ^a   Abdu, M A ^b   Batista, I S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

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EID: 0040735703     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(99)00910-2     Document Type: Article

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