Impact of sudden stratospheric warmings on equatorial ionization anomaly

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Goncharenko, L P ^a   Coster, A J ^a   Chau, J L ^b   Valladares, C E ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 77957587928     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015400     Document Type: Article

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