Observations and simulations of quasiperiodic ionospheric oscillations and large-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances during the December 2006 geomagnetic storm

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Lei, Jiuhou ^a,b   Burns, Alan G ^a   Tsugawa, Takuya ^a,c   Wang, Wenbin ^a   Solomon, Stanley C ^a   Wiltberger, Michael ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

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

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EID: 50249119783     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013090     Document Type: Article

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