ROCSAT 1 ionospheric plasma and electrodynamics instrument observations of equatorial spread F: An early transitional scale result

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A12, 2001, Pages 29153-29159

  Su, S Y ^a   Yeh, H C ^a   Heelis, R A ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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EID: 39449105016     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001ja900109     Document Type: Article

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