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Effects Of Geomagnetic Storms – Different Morphology and Origin in the Upper Middle Atmosphere and the Troposphere

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Compiling various experimental as well as theoretical results, we find that the effects of geomagnetic storms in the upper middle atmosphere (heights about 60 – 100 km) and the troposphere are of different morphology, origin and nature.

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Laštovička, J. Effects Of Geomagnetic Storms – Different Morphology and Origin in the Upper Middle Atmosphere and the Troposphere. Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica 41, 73–81 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023340824496

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