Solar wind Alfvén waves: A source of pulsed ionospheric convection and atmospheric gravity waves

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 401-417

  Prikryl, P ^a   Muldrew, D B ^a   Sofko, G J ^b   Ruohoniemi, J M ^c  

^a Industry Canada   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Ionosphere atmosphere interactions); Magnetospheric physics (Solar wind magnetosphere interactions); Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (Waves and tides)

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVE; IONOSPHERE; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 16244371749     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-401-2005     Document Type: Article

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