Ion temperature crests and troughs in the morning sector of the low-latitude and midlatitude topside ionosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A11, 2004, Pages

  Chao, C K ^a   Su, S Y ^a   Yeh, H C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Equatorial topside ionosphere; Ion temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646449607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010360     Document Type: Article

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