Planetary wave signatures in the equatorial atmosphere - Ionosphere system, and mesosphere- E- and F-region coupling

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 3-5, 2006, Pages 509-522

  Abdu, M A ^a   Ramkumar, T K ^b   Batista, I S ^a   Brum, C G M ^a   Takahashi, H ^a   Reinisch, Bodo W ^c   Sobral, J H A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b National MST Radar Facility   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Equatorial electrojet; Equatorial ionosphere; Equatorial spread F; MF radar winds; Planetary wave effects; Pre reversal vertical drift

Indexed keywords

E REGION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; F REGION; GRAVITY WAVES; TSUNAMIS; WIND;

EQUATORIAL ELECTROJET; EQUATORIAL IONOSPHERE; PLANETARY WAVE EFFECTS; PLASMA DYNAMICS; PRE-REVERSAL VERTICAL DRIFT;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

E REGION; ELECTROJET; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; F REGION; IONOSPHERE; PLANETARY WAVE;

EID: 32144443819     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2005.03.019     Document Type: Article

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