Equatorial plasma bubbles in the ionosphere over Eritrea: occurrence and drift speed

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1443-1453

  Wiens, R H ^a   Ledvina, B M ^a,c   Kintner, P M ^a   Afewerki, M ^b   Mulugheta, Z ^b  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ASMARA   (Eritrea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; IMAGING METHOD; IONOSPHERE; NIGHTGLOW; PLASMA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ERITREA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33751074419     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-1443-2006     Document Type: Article

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