Ionogram height-time-intensity observations of descending sporadic E layers at mid-latitude

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 3-5, 2006, Pages 539-557

  Haldoupis, C ^a   Meek, C ^b   Christakis, N ^a   Pancheva, D ^c   Bourdillon, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheric tides; Descending layers; Ionogram HTI plots; Sporadic E layers

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; TIDES; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC TIDES; DESCENDING LAYERS; HEIGHT-TIME-INTENSITY (HTI) ANALYSIS;

E REGION;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; E REGION; SEMIDIURNAL TIDE; THERMOSPHERE;

EID: 32144461540     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2005.03.020     Document Type: Article

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