Electron temperature climatology at Millstone Hill and Arecibo

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Lei, Jiuhou ^a   Roble, Raymond G ^a   Wang, Wenbin ^a   Emery, Barbara A ^a   Zhang, Shun Rong ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 34250176967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA012041     Document Type: Article

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