Ionospheric climatology and variability from long-term and multiple incoherent scatter radar observations: Climatology in eastern American sector

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Zhang, Shun Rong ^a   Holt, John M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 34548319681     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA012206     Document Type: Article

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