GPS TEC and scintillation measurements from the polar ionosphere during the October 2003 storm

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Mitchell, C N ^a   Alfonsi, L ^b   De Franceschi, G ^b   Lester, M ^c   Romano, V ^b   Wernik, A W ^d  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d Borowiec Astrogeodynamic Observatory   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; PLASMA STABILITY; PLASMAS; SCINTILLATION;

GRADIENT-DRIFT INSTABILITY; POLAR IONOSPHERE; SEVERE IONOSPHERIC STORMS; TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT (TEC);

IONOSPHERE;

IONOSPHERE; POLAR METEOROLOGY;

EID: 25844443414     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021644     Document Type: Article

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