A strong positive phase of ionospheric storms observed by the Millstone Hill incoherent scatter radar and global GPS network

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A6, 2005, Pages

  Huang, Chao Song ^a   Foster, J C ^a   Goncharenko, L P ^a   Erickson, P J ^a   Rideout, W ^a   Coster, A J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 31544435909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010865     Document Type: Article

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