A super bubble detected by dense GPS network at east Asian longitudes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 21, 2006, Pages

  Ma, Guanyi ^a   Maruyama, Takashi ^b  

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

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMODULATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOSPHERE; STORMS;

DRIFT SPEED; ELECTRON CONTENT DEPLETION; SUPER BUBBLE;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

BUBBLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON; F REGION; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; GPS; MAGNETOSPHERE; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34248551674     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027512     Document Type: Article

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