Low-latitude total electron content enhancement at low geomagnetic activity observed over Japan

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Kutiev, Ivan ^a   Otsuka, Yuichi ^b   Saito, Akinori ^c   Tsugawa, Takuya ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 34548597039     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012385     Document Type: Article

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