Daytime climatology of ionospheric NmF2 and h mF2 from COSMIC data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Burns, A G ^a   Solomon, S C ^a   Wang, W ^a   Qian, L ^a   Zhang, Y ^b   Paxton, L J ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84866983426     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JA017529     Document Type: Article

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