Westward plasma drift in the midlatitude ionospheric F region in the midnight-dawn sector

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A12, 2001, Pages 30349-30362

  Huang, Chao Song ^a   Foster, J C ^a   Holt, J M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 39449089020     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001ja001110     Document Type: Article

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