Ionospheric height variations observed by ionosondes along magnetic meridian and plasma bubble onsets

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2991-2996

  Saito, S ^a   Maruyama, T ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEIGHT; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD; THERMOSPHERE;

ASIA; CHIANG MAI; CHUMPHON; EURASIA; INDONESIA; KOTOTABANG; NORTHERN REGION [THAILAND]; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN REGION; THAILAND; WEST SUMATRA;

EID: 34547641486     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-2991-2006     Document Type: Article

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