Investigation of the response of equatorial MLTI region during a partial solar eclipse through ground-based daytime optical technique

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Vineeth, C ^a   Pant, Tarun K ^a   Thampi, Smitha V ^a   Sridharan, R ^a   Ravindran, Sudha ^a   Devasia, C V ^a   Kumar, K Kishore ^a   Alex, S ^b  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

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EID: 44349099721     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012335     Document Type: Conference Paper

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