Equinoctial transitions in the ionosphere and thermosphere

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 783-796

  Mikhailov, A V ^a   Schlegel, K ^b  

^a PUSHKOV INSTITUTE OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM   (Russian Federation)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (thermosphere composition and chemistry); Ionosphere (ionosphere atmosphere interactions; ionospheric disturbances)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035612799     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-19-783-2001     Document Type: Article

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