Imaging observations of the equatorward limit of midlatitude traveling ionospheric disturbances

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 57-62

  Shiokawa, K ^a   Otsuka, Y ^a   Ejiri, M K ^a   Sahai, Y ^a   Kadota, T ^a   Ihara, C ^a   Ogawa, T ^a   Igarashi, K ^b   Miyazaki, S ^c   Saito, A ^d  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0242395445     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352421     Document Type: Article

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