The dayside high-latitude trough under quiet geomagnetic conditions: Radio tomography and the CTIP model

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1199-1206

  Pryse, S E ^a   Dewis, K L ^a   Balthazor, R L ^b   Middleton, H R ^a   Denton, M H ^a,c  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Ionization mechanisms; modeling and forecasting); Radio science (Ionospheric physics)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 23744447007     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-1199-2005     Document Type: Article

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