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The comparative study of chaoticity and dynamical complexity of the low-latitude ionosphere, over Nigeria, during quiet and disturbed days
B. O. Ogunsua
Space Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
J. A. Laoye
Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Research group, Department of Physics, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria
I. A. Fuwape
Space Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
A. B. Rabiu
Space Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
National Space Research and Development Agency, Abuja, Nigeria
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