Midlatitude nighttime enhancement in F region electron density from global COSMIC measurements under solar minimum winter condition

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Luan, Xiaoli ^a   Wang, Wenbin ^a   Burns, Alan ^a   Solomon, Stanley C ^a   Lei, Jiuhou ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

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EID: 56749163310     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013063     Document Type: Article

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