Ionospheric response to the January 2022 geomagnetic storm using LOFAR and GNSS | Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

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Issue		J. Space Weather Space Clim. Volume 15, 2025


Article Number		50
Number of page(s)		18
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2025052
Published online		01 December 2025

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