Identification of potential precursors for the occurrence of Large-Scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances in a case study during September 2017 | Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

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Issue		J. Space Weather Space Clim. Volume 10, 2020 Topical Issue - Scientific Advances from the European Commission H2020 projects on Space Weather


Article Number		32
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DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2020029
Published online		05 August 2020

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