A modeling study of the longitudinal dependence of storm time midlatitude dayside total electron content enhancements

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Sojka, J J ^a   David, M ^a   Schunk, R W ^a   Heelis, R A ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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EID: 84857853809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA017000     Document Type: Article

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