The correlation of plasma density distributions over 5000 km with solar illumination of the ionosphere: Solar cycle and zenith angle observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 24, 2003, Pages

  Johnson, M T ^a   Wygant, J R ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; PLASMA DENSITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

PLASMA DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SOLAR CYCLE ACTIVITY;

SUN;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 1642633251     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018175     Document Type: Article

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