Modeling polar ionospheric effects during the October-November 2003 solar proton events

Radio Science

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Clilverd, Mark A ^a   Seppälä, Annika ^b   Rodger, Craig J ^c   Thomson, Neil R ^c   Verronen, Pekka T ^b   Turunen, Esa ^d   Ulich, Thomas ^d   Lichtenberger, János ^e   Steinbach, Péter ^f  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^e EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^f INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

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EID: 33745236654     PISSN: 10447946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005RS003290     Document Type: Article

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