Variations of the total electron content in the ionosphere from GPS data recorded during the Hector Mine earthquake of October 16, 1999, California

Russian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 339-354

  Afraimovich, E L ^a   Astafieva, E I ^a   Gokhberg, M B ^b   Lapshin, V M ^b   Permyakova, V E ^b   Steblov, G M ^b   Shalimov, S L ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOLAR TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 33750975135     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16811208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2205/2004ES000155     Document Type: Article

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