Langmuir probe measurements in the ionosphere

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 102, Issue , 1998, Pages 23-35

  Brace, Larry H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 84873645365     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM102p0023     Document Type: Chapter

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