A new aspect of ionospheric e region electron density morphology

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Chu, Yen Hsyang ^a   Wu, Kong Hong ^a   Su, Ching Lun ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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