On postmidnight low-latitude ionospheric irregularities during solar minimum: 1. Equatorial Atmosphere Radar and GPS-TEC observations in Indonesia

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Yokoyama, T ^a,b   Yamamoto, M ^c   Otsuka, Y ^d   Nishioka, M ^d   Tsugawa, T ^e   Watanabe, S ^f   Pfaff, R F ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 81855160822     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016797     Document Type: Article

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