A study on the nighttime midlatitude ionospheric trough

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  He, Maosheng ^a,b   Liu, Libo ^a   Wan, Weixing ^a   Zhao, Biqiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

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EID: 79957494311     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA016252     Document Type: Article

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