Ionospheric effects of major magnetic storms during the International Space Weather Period of September and October 1999: GPS observations, VHF/UHF scintillations, and in situ density structures at middle and equatorial latitudes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A12, 2001, Pages 30389-30413

  Basu, Sunanda ^a   Basu, Santimay ^b   Valladares, C E ^c   Yeh, H C ^d   Su, S Y ^d   MacKenzie, E ^c   Sultan, P J ^b   Aarons, J ^e   Rich, F J ^b   Doherty, P ^c   Groves, K M ^b   Bullett, T W ^b  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 39449084029     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001ja001116     Document Type: Article

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