Thermal Electron Energy Distribution Measurements in the Ionosphere
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-Results of electron spectrometer and cylindrical Langmuir probe measurements of ionospheric electron energy distribution in the range from about 0.2 eV to 4-0 eV are presented and discussed in this paper.
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تاریخ انتشار 2002