Six-day westward propagating wave in the maximum electron density of the ionosphere

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1577-1588

  Altadill, D ^a   Apostolov, E M ^a   Jacobi, Ch ^b   Mitchell, N J ^c  

^a CSIC URL Observatorio de Fisica Cosmica del Ebro OE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Ionosphere Atmosphere interactions; Mid latitude Ionosphere); Meterology and atmospheric dynamics (waves and tides)

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; ELECTRON; IONOSPHERE; WAVE ACTION;

EID: 0041852787     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-1577-2003     Document Type: Article

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