Equatorial scintillations in relation to the development of ionization anomaly

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1429-1442

  Ray, S ^a   Paul, A ^b   Dasgupta, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; ELECTRON DENSITY; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; IONIZATION; IONOSPHERE; SPACE TECHNOLOGY;

ASIA; CALCUTTA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 33751119275     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-1429-2006     Document Type: Article

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