Model study on neutral winds in the ionospheric F- region and comparison with the equivalent winds derived from the Wuhan Ionosonde data

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-12

  Lei, Jiuhou ^a   Liu, Libo ^a   Luan, Xiaoli ^a   Wan, Weixing ^a  

^a Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

Author keywords

Ionosphere; Model study; Neutral winds; Servo theory

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0038322277     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/tao.2003.14.1.1(a)     Document Type: Article

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