Generation of large-scale equatorial F-region plasma depletions during low range spread-F season

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-23

  Sahai, Y ^a   Fagundes, P R ^a   Abalde, J R ^a   Pimenta, A A ^b   Bittencourt, J A ^b   Otsuka, Y ^c   Rios, V H ^d  

^a IPD   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and chemistry (airglow and aurora); Ionosphere (equatorial ionosphere; ionospheric irregularities)

Indexed keywords

F REGION;

EID: 1142293872     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-15-2004     Document Type: Article

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