Ionospheric storm effects in the nighttime E region caused by neutralized ring current particles

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 300-305

  Bauske, R ^a,b   Noel S ^a,c   Prolss G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

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EID: 0642311849     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-997-0300-2     Document Type: Article

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