Medium-scale equatorial plasma irregularities observed by Coupled Ion-Neutral Dynamics Investigation sensors aboard the Communication Navigation Outage Forecast System in a prolonged solar minimum

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Heelis, R A ^a   Stoneback, R ^a   Earle, G D ^a   Haaser, R A ^a   Abdu, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

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EID: 78049394561     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015596     Document Type: Article

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