Intermittency of riometer auroral absorption observed at South Pole

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 17-18 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 1876-1884

  Stepanova, M V ^a   Antonova, E E ^b   Foppiano, A J ^c   Rosenberg, T J ^d   Ovalle, E M ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Auroral absorption; Intermittency; Riometer; South Pole

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AURORAL ABSORPTION; INTERMITTENCY; RIOMETER;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION; AURORA;

EID: 29744438027     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2004.11.016     Document Type: Article

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