Solar zenith angle and solar activity dependences of vertical profile of electron number density in the nightside auroral region

Advances in Polar Upper Atmosphere Research

Volumn , Issue 20, 2006, Pages 27-37

  Kumamoto, Atsushi ^a   Ono, Takayuki ^a   Iizima, Masahide ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron number density; Nightside auroral region; Seasonal variation; Solar cycle variation; The Akebono (EXOS D) satellite

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749582581     PISSN: 13451065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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