The altitude extension of the mid-latitude trough and its correlation with plasmapause position

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Yizengaw, Endawoke ^a   Moldwin, Mark B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CORRELATION METHODS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IONOSPHERE; MONITORING; PLASMAS;

GEOGRAPHIC LATITUDE GRIDS; PLASMAPAUSE POSITION; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING; TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT (TEC);

TOMOGRAPHY;

ELECTRON DENSITY; GPS; IONOSPHERE; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 21044438471     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022854     Document Type: Article

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