Plasma irregularities in the high-latitude ionospheric F-region and their diamagnetic signatures as observed by CHAMP

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Park, Jaeheung ^a   Ehrlich, Robert ^b   Lhr, Hermann ^a   Ritter, Patricia ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b Neubrandenburg University   (Germany)

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EID: 84868021585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JA018166     Document Type: Article

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