Accuracy assessment of the quiet-time ionospheric F2 peak parameters as derived from COSMIC-2 multi-GNSS radio occultation measurements | Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

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Issue		J. Space Weather Space Clim. Volume 11, 2021 Topical Issue - Space Weather Instrumentation


Article Number		18
Number of page(s)		14
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2020080
Published online		18 February 2021

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