Solar activity dependence of the electron density in the equatorial anomaly regions observed by CHAMP

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Liu, Huixin ^a   Stolle, Claudia ^b   Förster, Matthias ^b   Watanabe, Shigeto ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

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EID: 38349108788     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012616     Document Type: Article

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