Study of the ionospheric anomaly before the Wenchuan earthquake

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1080-1086

  Yu, Tao ^a   Mao, Tian ^a   Wang, Yungang ^a   Wang, Jingsong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Earthquake; FoF2; Ionosphere; Precursor; TEC

Indexed keywords

EID: 62449212249     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-008-0587-8     Document Type: Article

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