Model results for the ionospheric E region: Solar and seasonal changes

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-78

  Titheridge, J E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0642287889     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-997-0063-9     Document Type: Article

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