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Possible Solar Flare Effects in the F Region of the Ionosphere

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I HAVE read with interest the recent communication by Knecht and Davies on this subject1 which reports a series of large solar flares accompanied by marked effects in the F region of the ionosphere. A particular feature is that the ionospheric effects and the flares are simultaneous only at isolated locations.

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MUNRO, G. Possible Solar Flare Effects in the F Region of the Ionosphere. Nature 192, 347 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/192347a0

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