Model results for the ionospheric lower transition height over mid-latitude

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2037-2045

  Lei, J ^a,b   Liu, L ^a   Wan, W ^a   Zhang, S R ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (ion chemistry and composition; modeling and forecasting; middle latitude ionosphere)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 3142612182     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-2037-2004     Document Type: Article

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