Anomalous enhancement of ionospheric electron content in the Asian-Australian region during a geomagnetically quiet day

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Zhao, B ^a   Wan, W ^a   Liu, L ^a   Igarashi, K ^b   Nakamura, M ^b   Paxton, L J ^c   Su, S Y ^d   Li, G ^a   Ren, Z ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 58749098638     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012987     Document Type: Article

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