First results from ground-based daytime optical investigation of the development of the equatorial ionization anomaly

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 238-245

  Pallam Raju, D ^a   Sridharan, R ^a   Gurubaran, S ^a   Raghavarao, R ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

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EID: 2842577030     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-996-0238-9     Document Type: Article

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