Impact of 10 January 1997 geomagnetic storm on the nighttime Weddell Sea Anomaly: A study utilizing data provided by the TOPEX/ Poseidon mission and the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, and simulations generated by the Coupled Thermosphere/Ionosphere Plasmasphere model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Horvath, Ildiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 34548297914     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA012153     Document Type: Article

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