An analysis of the scale heights in the lower topside ionosphere based on the Arecibo incoherent scatter radar measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Liu, Libo ^a   Le, Huijun ^a   Wan, Weixing ^a   Sulzer, Mike P ^b   Lei, Jiuhou ^c,d   Zhang, Man Lian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Arecibo Observatory National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center Cornell University ^*  (Puerto Rico)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Natl Center for Atmospheric Science   (United States)

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EID: 34547375602     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012250     Document Type: Article

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