Global distribution of density irregularities in the equatorial ionosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 103, Issue A1, 1998, Pages 407-417

  Kil, Hyosub ^a   Heelis, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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