Seasonal and magnetic activity variations of ionospheric electric fields above the southern mid-latitude station, Bundoora, Australia

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 521-532

  Parkinson, M L ^a   Polglase, R ^a   Fejer, B G ^b   Scherliess, L ^b   Dyson, P L ^a   Ujmaia, S M ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionosphere electric fields and currents; Ionosphere atmosphere interactions; Mid latitude ionosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035632406     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-19-521-2001     Document Type: Article

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