Midlatitude summer nighttime anomaly of the ionospheric electron density observed by FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue A3, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Lin, C H ^a   Liu, C H ^b   Liu, J Y ^c   Chen, C H ^d   Burns, A G ^e   Wang, W ^e  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 78751534456     PISSN: 21699380     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014084     Document Type: Article

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