Ionospheric responses to the October 2003 superstorm: Longitude/local time effects over equatorial low and middle latitudes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Abdu, Mangalathayil A ^a   Maruyama, Takashi ^b   Batista, Inez S ^a   Saito, Susumo ^b   Nakamura, Maho ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

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

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EID: 37249051308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA012228     Document Type: Article

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