Some new features of ionospheric plasma depletions over the Indian zone using all sky optical imaging

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 549-559

  Sinha, H S S ^a   Raizada, S ^a   Kagiyama, Tsuneomi ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

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EID: 85008724430     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03351662     Document Type: Article

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