Interannual variability in the longitudinal structure of the low-latitude ionosphere due to the E1 Niño-Southern Oscillation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Pedatella, N M ^a   Forbes, J M ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

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EID: 77954318693     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014494     Document Type: Article

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