Ionospheric effects of the Leonid meteor shower in November 2001 as observed by rapid run ionosondes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A8, 2003, Pages

  Maruyama, Takashi ^a   Kato, Hisao ^a   Nakamura, Maho ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ionosonde; Leonids; Meteor shower; Sporadic E; Wind shear

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444491790     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA009831     Document Type: Article

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