A simulation study on the semiannual variation of the ionospheric F 2 layer zonal electric fields at the magnetic equator

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Yu, Tao ^a,b   Wan, Weixing ^a   Liu, Libo ^a   Li, Xiaoyin ^a,c   Luan, XiaoLi ^b   Tang, Wei ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^c CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (China)

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EID: 33947500432     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011390     Document Type: Article

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