Does the QBO and the Mt. Pinatubo volcanic eruption, affect the gravity wave activity in the lower ionosphere ?

Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 170-182

  Lastovicka J ^a,b   Buresova D ^a,b   Boska J ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b NONE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Gravity waves; Lower ionosphere; QBO; Volcanic eruptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000848125     PISSN: 00393169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023309121481     Document Type: Article

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