Ionospheric storm time dynamics as seen by GPS tomography and in situ spacecraft observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Pokhotelov, D ^a,b   Mitchell, C N ^a   Spencer, P S J ^a   Hairston, M R ^c   Heelis, R A ^c  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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EID: 77951976389     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013109     Document Type: Article

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