Imaging observations of midlatitude ionospheric disturbances during the geomagnetic storm of February 12, 2000

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A11, 2001, Pages 24481-24492

  Sahai, Y ^a,b   Shiokawa, K ^a   Otsuka, Y ^a   Ihara, C ^a   Ogawa, T ^a   Igarashi, K ^c   Miyazaki, S ^d   Saito, A ^e,f  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^e School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 39449098066     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja900169     Document Type: Article

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