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New Theory of Mid-latitude Sporadic E

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Unified explanations have been derived for the main statistical and structural characteristics of sporadic E.

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LAYZER, D. New Theory of Mid-latitude Sporadic E. Nature 223, 794–797 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/223794a0

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