Space weather challenges of the polar cap ionosphere | Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

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Issue		J. Space Weather Space Clim. Volume 3, 2013 COST Action ES0803


Article Number		A02
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DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2013025
Published online		24 January 2013

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