Long-term trends in the upper middle atmosphere as detected by ionospheric measurements

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2065-2073

  Lastovicka J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; LONGTERM TREND; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY WAVE; RADIOWAVE;

EID: 0041760833     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(97)00597-8     Document Type: Article

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