Seasonal effects in the ionosphere-thermosphere response to the precipitation and field-aligned current variations in the cusp region

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1283-1298

  Namgaladze, A A ^a,b   Namgaladze, A N ^b   Volkov, M A ^a,b  

^a MURMANSK STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b POLAR GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (ionosphere atmosphere interactions; ionosphere magnetosphere interactions; ionospheric disturbances)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009179161     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-998-1283-3     Document Type: Article

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