Climatology of the spread F over Roquetes, Spain: Impact of the medium scale traveling ionospheric disturbances | Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

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


Article Number		49
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DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2025046
Published online		21 November 2025

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