Global ionospheric response observed by COSMIC satellites during the January 2009 stratospheric sudden warming event

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Yue, Xinan ^a,b   Schreiner, William S ^a   Lei, Jiuhou ^c   Rocken, Christian ^a   Hunt, Douglas C ^a   Kuo, Ying Hwa ^a   Wan, Weixing ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

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EID: 78649516522     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015466     Document Type: Article

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