Enhancement in electron and ion temperatures due to solar flares as measured by SROSS-C2 satellite

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2047-2052

  Sharma, D K ^a   Rai, J ^a   Israil, M ^a   Subrahmanyam, P ^b   Chopra, P ^b   Garg, S C ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (ionospheric disturbances; plasma temperature and density; solar radiation and cosmic ray effects)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 3242886387     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-2047-2004     Document Type: Article

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