Plasmaspheric electron content in the GPS ray paths over Japan under magnetically quiet conditions at high solar activity

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 71-79

  Balan, N ^a,b,c   Otsuka, Y ^a   Tsugawa, T ^d   Miyazaki, S ^e   Ogawa, T ^a   Shiokawa, K ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 4444264426     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352423     Document Type: Article

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