Ionospheric Day-to-Day Variability Around the Whole Heliosphere Interval in 2008

Solar Physics

Volumn 274, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 457-472

  Wang, Wenbin ^a   Lei, Jiuhou ^b   Burns, Alan G ^a   Qian, Liying ^a   Solomon, Stanley C ^a   Wiltberger, Michael ^a   Xu, Jiyao ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (China)

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EID: 84855337267     PISSN: 00380938     EISSN: 1573093X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11207-011-9747-0     Document Type: Article

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