The role of vibrationally excited oxygen and nitrogen in the ionosphere during the undisturbed and geomagnetic storm period of 6-12 April 1990

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 589-601

  Pavlov, A V ^a  

^a PUSHKOV INSTITUTE OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Ion chemistry and composition; Ionosphere atmosphere interactions; Ionospheric disturbances

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542399117     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-998-0589-5     Document Type: Article

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