Ionospheric scintillation modeling II. Theoretical study of power spectral densities of ionospheric scintillation | Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

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


Article Number		54
Number of page(s)		14
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2025050
Published online		10 December 2025

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