A new approach to the derivation of dynamic information from ionosonde measurements

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2185-2191

  Liu, L ^a   Luan, X ^a   Wan, W ^a   Ning, B ^a   Lei, J ^a  

^a Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (ionosphere atmosphere interaction; instrument and techniques); Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (thermospheric dynamics)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0242574542     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-2185-2003     Document Type: Article

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