East-west differences in F-region electron density at midlatitude: Evidence from the Far East region

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 542-553

  Zhao, Biqiang ^a   Wang, Min ^b   Wang, Yungang ^c   Ren, Zhipeng ^a,d   Yue, Xinan ^c   Zhu, Jie ^a,e   Wan, Weixing ^a   Ning, Baiqi ^a   Liu, Jing ^a,e   Xiong, Bo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

geomagnetic declination; longitudinal variation; midlatitude ionosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878286669     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JA018235     Document Type: Article

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