Ionospheric holes made by ballistic missiles from North Korea detected with a Japanese dense GPS array

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Ozeki, Masaru ^a   Heki, Kosuke ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 77957570747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015531     Document Type: Article

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