Estimating the daytime Equatorial Ionization Anomaly strength from electric field proxies

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Stolle, C ^a   Manoj, C ^b,c   Luhr H ^a   Maus, S ^b   Alken, P ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

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EID: 56749170745     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012781     Document Type: Article

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