Solar activity variations of the Venus thermosphere/ionosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A10, 2001, Pages 21305-21335

  Fox, J L ^a,b   Sung, K Y ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1029/2001ja000069     Document Type: Article

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