Climatology of the mean total electron content derived from GPS global ionospheric maps

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Liu, Libo ^a   Wan, Weixing ^a   Ning, Baiqi ^a   Zhang, Man Lian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 70349411597     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014244     Document Type: Article

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