Equatorial F region evening vertical drift, and peak height, during southern winter months: A comparison of observational data with the IRI descriptions

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1007-1017

  Abdu, M A ^a   Batista, I S ^a   Reinisch, B W ^b   Sobral, J H A ^a   Carrasco, A J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Equatorial electric fields; Equatorial ionosphere; Equatorial spread F; F layer peak height and density; International reference ionosphere; Vertical plasma drift

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; F REGION; FLUXES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; IONOSPHERE; SOLAR RADIATION; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACE RESEARCH;

EQUATORIAL ELECTRIC FIELDS; EQUATORIAL IONOSPHERE; EQUATORIAL SPREAD F; F LAYER PEAK HEIGHT AND DENSITY; INTERNATIONAL REFERENCE IONOSPHERE; VERTICAL PLASMA DRIFT;

ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING;

EID: 33646463931     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.06.074     Document Type: Article

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