Electron density variations in the upper D region at high latitudes according to in situ measurements

Geomagnetism and Aeronomy

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 623-631

  Danilov, A D ^a   Smirnova, N V ^b   Vanina, L B ^a   Blix, T A ^c   Thrane, E V ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOSPHERE DYNAMICS   (Russian Federation)

^c NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

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