A climatology of equatorial plasma bubbles from DMSP 1989-2004

Radio Science

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Gentile, L C ^a   Burke, W J ^b   Rich, F J ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; IONOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY; SATELLITES; SPACECRAFT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAMS (DMSP); EQUATORIAL PLASMA BUBBLES (EPB); NAVIGATION SIGNALS; STATISTICAL DATABASE;

PLASMA DENSITY;

EID: 33845753058     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005RS003340     Document Type: Conference Paper

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