Seasonal and latitudinal distributions of the dominant light ions at 600 km topside ionosphere from 1999 to 2002

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A1, 2005, Pages

  Su, S Y ^a   Chao, C K ^a   Yeh, H C ^a   Heelis, R A ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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EID: 33747053415     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010564     Document Type: Article

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