Magnetic declination and zonal wind effects on longitudinal differences of ionospheric electron density at midlatitudes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Shun Rong ^a   Foster, John C ^a   Holt, John M ^a   Erickson, Philip J ^a   Coster, Anthea J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84865760811     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JA017954     Document Type: Article

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