Study of mid-latitude nighttime enhancement in F-region electron density using tomographic images over the UK

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2323-2328

  Dabas, R S ^a   Kersley, L ^b  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (mid latitude ionosphere; modeling and forecasting; instruments and techniques)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON DENSITY;

EID: 0344272268     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-2323-2003     Document Type: Article

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