Effect of the seasonal variations in the lower atmosphere on the altitude of the ionospheric main peak at Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A9, 2005, Pages

  Zou, H ^a   Wang, J S ^a,b   Nielsen, E ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 33747164993     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010963     Document Type: Article

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