Diurnal, seasonal and latitudinal variations of ion temperature measured by the SROSS C2 satellite in the Indian zone equatorial and low latitude ionosphere and comparison with the IRI

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 301-312

  Bhuyan, P K ^a   Chamua, Minakshi ^a   Subrahmanyam, P ^b   Garg, S C ^b  

^a DIBRUGARH UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Ion temperature; Ionosphere; IRI; SROSS C2

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 1542320697     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2003.12.002     Document Type: Article

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