Magnetic signatures of medium-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances as observed by CHAMP

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Park, Jaeheung ^a,b   Lühr, Hermann ^a   Stolle, Claudia ^a   Rother, Martin ^a   Min, Kyoung Wook ^b   Chung, Jong Kyun ^c   Kim, Yong Ha ^d   Michaelis, Ingo ^a   Noja, Max ^e,f  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI)   (South Korea)

^d Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^e University of Applied Science Neubrandenburg Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences   (Germany)

^f Hochschule Neubrandenburg   (Germany)

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EID: 67649086099     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013792     Document Type: Article

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