Geomagnetic storm effects at F1-layer heights from incoherent scatter observations

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 583-596

  Mikhailov, A V ^a   Schlegel, K ^b  

^a PUSHKOV INSTITUTE OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM   (Russian Federation)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure; Ionchemistry and composition; Ionosheric disturbances; Ionosphere; Thermosphere composition and chemistry

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC STORM;

EID: 0038455060     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-583-2003     Document Type: Article

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