Global morphology of night-time NmF2 enhancements

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1795-1806

  Farelo, A F ^a   Herraiz, M ^a   Mikhailov, A V ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b PUSHKOV INSTITUTE OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Mid latitude ionosphere; Ionosphere magnetosphere interactions); Radio Science (ionospheric physics)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 0036873359     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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