A quiet time empirical model of equatorial vertical plasma drift in the Peruvian sector based on 150 km echoes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Alken, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL DATA CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 66149165898     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013751.     Document Type: Article

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