The 27-day modulation of the low-latitude ionosphere during a solar maximum

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Min, Kyoung ^b   Park, Jaeheung ^b   Kim, Heejun ^b   Kim, Vitaly ^c   Kil, Hyosub ^a   Lee, Jaejin ^d   Rentz, Stefanie ^e   Lühr, Hermann ^e   Paxton, Larry ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c PUSHKOV INSTITUTE OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM   (Russian Federation)

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

^e GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

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EID: 67650162489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013881     Document Type: Article

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