Solar activity variations of the ionospheric peak electron density

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Liu, Libo ^a   Wan, Weixing ^a   Ning, Baiqi ^a   Pirog, O M ^b   Kurkin, V I ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOLAR TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 33947604081     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA011598     Document Type: Article

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