Characteristics of intense space weather events as observed from a low latitude station during solar minimum

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Paul, A ^a,b   Roy, B ^b   Ray, S ^a,b   Das, A ^b   Dasgupta, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

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EID: 80054992976     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA016330     Document Type: Article

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