Some features of electron density behaviour in the high latitude D-region derived from in situ measurements

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 417-427

  Danilov, A D ^a   Smirnova, N V ^b   Blix, T A ^c   Thrane, E V ^d   Vanina, L B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOSPHERE DYNAMICS   (Russian Federation)

^c NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

D region; Electron density; High latitude; Ionosphere; Magnetic activity

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON DENSITY; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0037371552     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(02)00198-0     Document Type: Article

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