Trends in the characteristics of the annual and semiannual variations observed in the radio wave absorption in the lower ionosphere

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1336-1343

  Lastovicka J ^a   Pancheva, D ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (ionosphere atmosphere interactions; mid latitude ionosphere); Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (middle atmosphere dynamics)

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642478223     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-999-1336-2     Document Type: Review

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