Theoretical study of the ionospheric Weddell Sea Anomaly using SAMI2

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Chen, C H ^a   Huba, J D ^b   Saito, A ^a   Lin, C H ^c   Liu, J Y ^d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 79954560346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015573     Document Type: Article

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