Medium-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances created by primary gravity waves generated by a winter storm | Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

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Issue		J. Space Weather Space Clim. Volume 14, 2024 Topical Issue - Observing, modelling and forecasting TIDs and mitigating their impact on technology


Article Number		38
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DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2024036
Published online		17 December 2024

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