Theoretical and experimental zonal drift velocities of the ionospheric plasma bubbles over the Brazilian region

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2610-2614

  Arruda, Daniela C S ^a   Sobral, J H A ^a   Abdu, M A ^a   Castilho, Vivian M ^a   Takahashi, H ^a   Medeiros, A F ^b   Buriti, R A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Equatorial ionosphere; Ionospheric bubbles; OI630 nm airglow; Zonal plasma drifts

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BUBBLE ZONAL VELOCITIES; EQUATORIAL IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC BUBBLES; OI630 NM AIRGLOW; ZONAL PLASMA DRIFTS;

IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33751331429     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2006.05.015     Document Type: Article

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