Some Characteristics of the Ionospheric Behavior During the Solar Cycle 23 - 24 Minimum

Solar Physics

Volumn 274, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 439-456

  Araujo Pradere, Eduardo A ^a,b   Redmon, Rob ^c   Fedrizzi, Mariangel ^a,b   Viereck, Rodney ^b   Fuller Rowell, Tim J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL DATA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionosphere; Ionospheric response; Solar minimum; Space weather

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855298739     PISSN: 00380938     EISSN: 1573093X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11207-011-9728-3     Document Type: Article

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