F-region ionospheric perturbations in the low-latitude ionosphere during the geomagnetic storm of 25-27 August 1987

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3479-3501

  Pavlov, A V ^a   Fukao, S ^b   Kawamura, S ^c  

^a PUSHKOV INSTITUTE OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM   (Russian Federation)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Equatorial ionosphere; electric fields and currents; plasma temperature and density; ionospheric disturbances)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD; F REGION; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; IONOSPHERE;

EID: 10644225173     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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