Nighttime medium-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances detected by network GPS receivers in Taiwan

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Lee, C C ^a   Liou, Y A ^b   Otsuka, Y ^c   Chu, F D ^d   Yeh, T K ^a   Hoshinoo, K ^e   Matunaga, K ^e  

^a CHING YUN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO LTD   (Taiwan)

^e ELECTRONIC NAVIGATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

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EID: 61349140534     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013250     Document Type: Article

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