Observations and modeling of the April 10-12, 1997 ionospheric storm at Millstone Hill

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 2359-2362

  Schlesier, A C ^a   Buonsanto, M J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; IONIZATION; IONOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; RADAR MEASUREMENT; WIND; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; RADAR;

DUSK EFFECT; IONOSPHERIC PLASMA; IONOSPHERIC STORM;

STORMS;

IONOSPHERE;

ALTITUDE VARIATION; COMPOSITION RATIO; DISTURBANCE ZONE; INCOHERENT SCATTER RADAR MEASUREMENTS; IONOSPHERIC MODEL; IONOSPHERIC PLASMAS; IONOSPHERIC STORM; TIME DETERMINATION;

EID: 0033428513     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900486     Document Type: Article

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