Solar flare signatures of the ionospheric GPS total electron content

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Liu, J Y ^a   Lin, C H ^a   Chen, Y I ^a   Lin, Y C ^a   Fang, T W ^a   Chen, C H ^a   Chen, Y C ^a   Hwang, J J ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^c Science Education Department National Museum of Natural Sciences   (Taiwan)

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EID: 33847776314     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011306     Document Type: Article

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