A real-time forecast service for the ionospheric equatorial zonal electric field

Space Weather

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Manoj, C ^a,b   Maus, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84866693384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15427390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012SW000825     Document Type: Article

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