Long-Term observations of VHF scintillation and total electron content near the crest of the equatorial anomaly in the Indian longitude zone

Radio Science

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 241-255

  Chakraborty, S K ^b   Gupta, A Das ^a   Ray, S ^a   Baneijee, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b Raja Peary Mohan College   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

F REGION; IONIZATION; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETISM; SOLAR ENERGY; ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; HYSTERESIS; SCINTILLATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

AMBIENT IONIZATIONS; EQUATORIAL ANOMALY; EQUATORIAL REGIONS; LONG TERM OBSERVATIONS; MAGNETIC EQUATOR; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; SOLAR ACTIVITY LEVEL; TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT;

SCINTILLATION; F REGION;

TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT (TEC);

EID: 0032761741     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: 1944799X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98RS02576     Document Type: Article

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