Technique: Large-scale ionospheric conductance estimated from combined satellite and ground-based electromagnetic data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Green, D L ^a   Waters, C L ^a   Korth, H ^b,d   Anderson, B J ^b,d   Ridley, A J ^c   Barnes, R J ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 34547308251     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA012069     Document Type: Article

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