Long-term variations of the nighttime electron density enhancement during the ionospheric midlatitude summer

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Chen, C H ^a   Saito, A ^a   Lin, C H ^b   Liu, J Y ^c,d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL SPACE ORGANIZATION   (Taiwan)

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EID: 84864545970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA017138     Document Type: Article

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