Physical mechanism of strong negative storm effects in the daytime ionospheric F2 region observed with EISCAT

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 602-608

  Mikhailov, A ^a   Schlegel, K ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmosphere interactions; Atmospheric composition and structure; Ion chemistry and composition; Ionosphere; Thermosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542399114     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-998-0602-z     Document Type: Article

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