Applying artificial neural network to derive long-term foF2 trends in the Asia/Pacific sector from ionosonde observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Yue, Xinan ^a,b,c   Wan, Weixing ^a   Liu, Libo ^a   Ning, Baiqi ^a   Zhao, Biqiang ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

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EID: 33947494589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011577     Document Type: Article

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