The prereversal enhancement in the vertical drift for Fortaleza and the sporadic E layer

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 1610-1617

  Carrasco, A J ^a   Batista, Inez S ^a   Abdu, M A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Equatorial ionosphere; Prereversal enhancement; Sporadic E layer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; F REGION; IONOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EQUATORIAL IONOSPHERE; PREREVERSAL ENHANCEMENT; SPORADIC E-LAYER;

E REGION;

E REGION; IONOSPHERE;

EID: 28444449810     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2005.07.015     Document Type: Article

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