Response of equatorial ionosphere to episodes of asymmetric ring current activity

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1316-1323

  Sastri, J H ^a,b   Abdu, M A ^a   Sobral, J H A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

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EID: 0642282396     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-997-1316-3     Document Type: Article

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