A study of the ionogram derived effective scale height around the ionospheric hmF2

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 851-860

  Liu, L ^a   Wan, W ^a   Ning, B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL VARIATION; ELECTRON DENSITY; F REGION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI; WUHAN;

EID: 33751111944     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-851-2006     Document Type: Article

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