Anomalous electron density events in the quiet summer ionosphere at solar minimum over Millstone Hill

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 460-469

  Pavlov, A V ^a   Buonsanto, M J ^b  

^a PUSHKOV INSTITUTE OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM   (Russian Federation)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Ion chemistry and composition; Ionosphere atmosphere interactions; Mid latitude ionosphere)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542445151     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005850050616     Document Type: Article

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