A theoretical model for the mid-latitude ionospheric E layer

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 243-251

  Tan, Hui ^a,b,c   Wan, Wei Xing ^b   Lei, Jiu Hou ^b,c   Liu, Li Bo ^b   Ning, Bai Qi ^b  

^a National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on EMC   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

Author keywords

Ionospheric E layer; Theoretical model of the ionosphere

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 24044439523     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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