Routine determination of the plasmapause based on COSMIC GPS total electron content observations of the midlatitude trough

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Pedatella, N M ^a   Larson, K M ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

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EID: 77956491630     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015265     Document Type: Article

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