Ionospheric and geomagnetic responses to changes in IMF BZ: A superposed epoch study

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 217-230

  Davis, C J ^a   Wild, M N ^a   Lockwood, M ^a   Tulunay, Y K ^b  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 0042945854     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005850050435     Document Type: Article

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