Ionosphere around equinoxes during low solar activity

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Liu, Libo ^a   He, Maosheng ^a   Yue, Xin'An ^a   Ning, Baiqi ^a   Wan, Weixing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 77957588969     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015318     Document Type: Article

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