Statistical investigation of the saturation effect in the ionospheric foF2 versus sunspot, solar radio noise, and solar EUV radiation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A2, 2003, Pages

  Liu, J Y ^a   Chen, V I ^a   Lin, J S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ionospheric foF2; Saturation effect; Solar EUV radiation; Solar radio noise; Sunspot number

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942688688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA007543     Document Type: Article

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