Morphology of NmF2 nighttime increases in the Eurasian sector

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 618-628

  Mikhailov, A V ^a   Leschinskaya, T Yu ^a   Forster M ^b,c  

^a PUSHKOV INSTITUTE OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM   (Russian Federation)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (electric fields and currents; ionosphere magnetosphere interactions; mid latitude ionosphere)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034371074     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-000-0618-5     Document Type: Article

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