Post-sunset rise of equatorial F layer—or upwelling growth?

Roland T. Tsunoda1, Susumu Saito2,3, Thi Thanh Hai Nguyen4
1Center for Geospace Studies, SRI International, California, USA
2Electronic Navigation Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
3National Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Tokyo, Japan
4Ho Chi Minh City Institute of Physics, Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), HCMC, Vietnam

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