Post midnight spread-F occurrence over Waltair (17.7° N, 83.3° E) during low and ascending phases of solar activity

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 745-750

  Niranjan, K ^a   Brahmanandam, P S ^a   Ramakrishna Rao, P ^a   Uma, G ^a   Prasad, D S V V D ^a   Rama Rao, P V S ^a  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (airglow and Aurora); Ionosphere (ionospheric irregularities; ionosphere atmosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0038793688     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-745-2003     Document Type: Article

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