Lunar atmospheric tidal effects in the plasma drifts observed by the Low-Latitude Ionospheric Sensor Network

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Eccles, Vince ^a   Rice, Donald D ^a   Sojka, Jan J ^a   Valladares, Cesar E ^b   Bullett, Terence ^c   Chau, Jorge L ^d  

^a Space Environment Corporation ^*  (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

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EID: 79960875409     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA016282     Document Type: Article

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