Growth and decay of a post-sunset equatorial anomaly at low latitudes: Control of E×B, neutral winds and daytime electrojet strength

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1622-1632

  Dabas, R S ^a   Singh, Lakha ^a   Garg, S C ^a   Das, Rupesh M ^a   Sharma, Kavita ^a   Vohra, V K ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Daytime equatorial anomaly; E B drifts; Ionospheric electron content; Post sunset equatorial anomaly

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; F REGION; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; SOLAR RADIATION; WIND EFFECTS;

DAYTIME ELECTROJET; DAYTIME EQUATORIAL ANOMALY; IONOSPHERIC ELECTRON CONTENT; POST-SUNSET EQUATORIAL ANOMALY;

ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION;

ELECTROJET; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; IONIZATION; IONOSPHERE; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 33748457183     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2006.05.020     Document Type: Article

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