Contrasting behavior of the thermosphere and ionosphere in response to the 28 October 2003 solar flare

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Liu, Huixin ^a   Lühr, Hermann ^b   Watanabe, Shigeto ^a   Köhler, Wolfgang ^b   Manoj, C ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

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EID: 34548595679     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012313     Document Type: Article

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