Solar activity dependence of the topside ionosphere at low latitudes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Chen, Yiding ^a,b   Liu, Libo ^a   Wan, Weixing ^a   Yue, Xinan ^a   Su, Shin Yi ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 72649103948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013957.     Document Type: Article

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