Ionospheric disturbances over Indonesia and their possible association with atmospheric gravity waves from the troposhere

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 84, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 327-342

  Ogawa, Tadahiko ^a   Otsuka, Yuichi ^a   Shiokawa, Kazuo ^a   Saito, Akinori ^b   Nishioka, Michi ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; F REGION; GRAVITY WAVE; THERMOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDONESIA; JAPAN; KOTOTABANG; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST SUMATRA;

EID: 33748458077     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.84A.327     Document Type: Article

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