Manifestation of solar activity in the global topside ion composition - A study based on satellite data

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2511-2517

  Truhlik V ^a   Triskova L ^a   Smilauer J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Plasma temperature and density; Ion chemistry and composition; Modeling and forecasting)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 27844547092     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-2511-2005     Document Type: Article

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