The intermediate layers and associated tidal motions observed by a digisonde in the equatorial anomaly region

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1039-1045

  Lee, C C ^a   Liu, J Y ^a   Pan, C J ^a   Hsu, H H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (equatorial ionosphere; ionosphere atmosphere interactions; ionospheric irregularities)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0038116783     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-1039-2003     Document Type: Article

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