Long-term ionospheric trends based on ground-based ionosonde observations at Kokubunji, Japan

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A9, 2004, Pages

  Xu, Zheng Wen ^a,b   Wu, Jian ^a   Igarashi, Kiyoshi ^c   Kato, Hisao ^c   Wu, Zhen Sen ^b  

^a CHINA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF RADIOWAVE PROPAGATION   (China)

^b XIDIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

Author keywords

Ionosonde observations; Ionospheric parameters; Long term ionospheric trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549106153     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010572     Document Type: Article

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