A steady-state F-region model and its use for satellite data analysis

Annali di Geofisica

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 905-923

  Stankov, Stanimir M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Comparison with satellite measurements; Mathematical modelling; Searching method

Indexed keywords

EID: 8544228402     PISSN: 03652556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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