Space weather impact on the equatorial and low latitude F-region ionosphere over India

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 97-105

  Dabas, R S ^a   Das, R M ^a   Vohra, V K ^a   Devasia, C V ^b  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD; F REGION; STORM; WEATHER;

ASIA; DELHI; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33748447892     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-97-2006     Document Type: Article

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