Penetration characteristics of the interplanetary electric field to the daytime equatorial ionosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

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EID: 61349152268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013381     Document Type: Article

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