Low-latitude ionospheric turbulence observed by Aureol-3 satellite

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1259-1270

  Hobara, Yasu ^a,b   Lefeuvre, F ^a   Parrot, M ^a   Molchanov, O A ^c  

^a LPCE CNRS   (France)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^c SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

History of geophysics (Seismology); Ionosphere (Equatorial ionosphere; ionospheric irregularities)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; TURBULENCE;

EID: 23744480257     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-1259-2005     Document Type: Article

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