FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC observations of seasonal and longitudinal variations of equatorial ionization anomaly and its interhemispheric asymmetry during the solar minimum period

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Tulasi Ram, S ^a,b   Su, S Y ^b   Liu, C H ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

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EID: 70349417797     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013880     Document Type: Article

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