Seasonal and solar activity variations of the Weddell Sea Anomaly observed in the TOPEX total electron content measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Jee, G ^b   Burns, A G ^a   Kim, Y H ^c   Wang, W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^c Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

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EID: 67650102335     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013801     Document Type: Article

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