The role of the zonal E×B plasma drift in the low-latitude ionosphere at high solar activity near equinox from a new three-dimensional theoretical model

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2553-2572

  Pavlov, A V ^a  

^a PUSHKOV INSTITUTE OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; PLASMA; SOLAR ACTIVITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33751080107     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-2553-2006     Document Type: Article

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