Ionospheric plasma bubble climatology over Brazil based on 22 years (1977-1998) of 630 nm airglow observations

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 12-14, 2002, Pages 1517-1524

  Sobral, J H A ^a   Abdu, M A ^a   Takahashi, H ^a   Taylor, M J ^b   De Paula, E R ^a   Zamlutti, C J ^a   De Aquino, M G ^a   Borba, G L ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Equatorial ionosphere; F region dynamics; Ionospheric bubbles; Ionospheric dynamics; OI 6300 A nocturnal airglow; Thermospheric dynamics

Indexed keywords

AIRGLOW; ELECTRODYNAMICS; IONOSPHERE; PLASMA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0036675456     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(02)00089-5     Document Type: Article

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