Multi-technique investigations of storm-time ionospheric irregularities over the São Luís equatorial station in Brazil

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3513-3522

  de Paula, E R ^a   Iyer, K N ^a,c   Hysell, D L ^b   Rodriques, F S ^a,b   Kherani, E A ^a   Jardim, A C ^a   Rezende, L F C ^a   Dutra, S G ^a   Trivedi, N B ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c SAURASHTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (ionospheric irregularities)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD; F REGION; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; IONOSPHERE;

EID: 10644248255     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-3513-2004     Document Type: Article

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