Annual and seasonal variations in the low-latitude topside ionosphere

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 974-985

  Su, Y Z ^a   Bailey, G J ^a   Oyama, K I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 0542421383     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-998-0974-0     Document Type: Article

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