F-region plasma distribution seen from TIMED/GUVI and its relation to the equatorial spread F activity

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Kil, Hyosub ^a   DeMajistre, Robert ^a   Paxton, Larry J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MORPHOLOGY; PLASMA DENSITY; SATELLITES;

NIGHTGLOW IMAGES; PLASMA DISTRIBUTION;

GEOPHYSICS;

F REGION; PLASMA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 18244413788     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018703     Document Type: Article

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