Ionospheric storm of early November 1993 in the Indian equatorial region

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A8, 2000, Pages 18443-18455

  Sastri, J Hanumath ^a   Jyoti, N ^b   Somayajulu, V V ^b   Chandra, H ^c   Devasia, C V ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

^b INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^c PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

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EID: 39449086961     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja000372     Document Type: Article

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