Effects of solar eclipse on the electrodynamical processes of the equatorial ionosphere: A case study during 11 August 1999 dusk time total solar eclipse over India

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1977-1985

  Sridharan, R ^a   Devasia, C V ^a   Jyoti, N ^a   Tiwari, Diwakar ^a   Viswanathan, K S ^a   Subbarao, K S V ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Equatorial ionosphere; Ionosphere (electric fields and currents; Ionospheric irregularities)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; E REGION; ELECTRODYNAMICS; F REGION; IONOSPHERE; SOLAR ECLIPSE;

EID: 0036972539     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-20-1977-2002     Document Type: Article

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