Balloon observations of temporal and spatial fluctuations in stratospheric conductivity

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 35, Issue 8 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 1434-1449

  Bering III, Edgar A ^a   Holzworth, Robert H ^b   Reddell, Brandon D ^a   Kokorowski, Michael F ^b   Kadokura, Akira ^c   Yamagishi, Hisao ^c   Sato, Natsuo ^c   Ejiri, Masaki ^c   Hirosawa, Haruto ^d   Yamagami, Takamasa ^d   Torii, Shoji ^e   Tohyama, Fumio ^f   Nakagawa, Michio ^g   Okada, Toshimi ^h  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^e KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^h TOYAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Balloon; Conductivity; Polar Patrol Balloon (PPB); Spatial structure; Stratosphere; Time variations

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; F REGION; GEOMAGNETISM; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ANTARTIC; POLAR PATROL BALLOON (PPB); SPATIAL STRUCTURE; TIME VARIATIONS;

METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS;

EID: 23844456316     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.04.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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