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International Journal of Remote Sensing Volume 31, 2010 - Issue 13: Satellite Observations of the Wenchuan Earthquake of 12 May 2008
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Seismo-ionospheric anomalies of the GPS-TEC appear before the 12 May 2008 magnitude 8.0 Wenchuan Earthquake

Hau-Kun Jhuang Institute of Space Science, National Central University, Chung-Li 320, Taiwan
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Yi-Ying Ho Institute of Space Science, National Central University, Chung-Li 320, Taiwan
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Yoshihiro Kakinami Institute of Space Science, National Central University, Chung-Li 320, Taiwan
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Jann-Yenq Liu Institute of Space Science, National Central University, Chung-Li 320, Taiwan; Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research, National Central University, Chung-Li 320, TaiwanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ko-Ichiro Oyama Plasma and Space Science Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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Michel Parrot Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace/, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 45071 Orléans Cedex 2, France
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Katsumi Hattori Department of Earth Science, Graduate School of Science, Chiba University, Chiba 263–8522, Japan
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Masahide Nishihashi Graduate School of Science and Technology, Chiba University, Chiba, 263–8522, Japan
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Donghe Zhang School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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Pages 3579-3587 | Published online: 21 Jul 2010

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