Equatorial ionosphere-thermosphere system during geomagnetic storms

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 142, Issue , 2003, Pages 185-203

  Hanumath Sastri, J ^a   Sridharan, R ^b   Pant, Tarun Kumar ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

^b INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

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EID: 84903133189     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/142GM16     Document Type: Chapter

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