A study of the Weddell Sea Anomaly observed by FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  He, Maosheng ^a,b   Liu, Libo ^b   Wan, Weixing ^b   Ning, Baiqi ^b   Zhao, Biqiang ^b   Wen, Jin ^a,b   Yue, Xin'an ^b   Le, Huijun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 72049131069     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014175     Document Type: Article

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