Extreme solar EUV flares and ICMEs and resultant extreme ionospheric effects: Comparison of the Halloween 2003 and the Bastille Day events

Radio Science

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Tsurutani, B T ^a,b,c   Guarnieri, F L ^b,d   Fuller Rowell, T ^e   Mannucci, A J ^a   Iijima, B ^a   Gonzalez, W D ^d   Judge, D L ^b   Gangopadhyay, P ^b   Saito, A ^f   Tsuda, T ^b,f   Verkhoglyadova, O P ^g   Zambon, G A ^h,i  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h NONE

ⁱ NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; EARTH (PLANET); ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONOSPHERE; SUN; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EQUATORIAL IONOSPHERIC COLUMN DENSITY; INTERPLANETARY CORONAL MASS EJECTION (ICME); IONOSPHERIC EFFECTS; SOLAR EUV FLARES; TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT (TEC);

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 33845783425     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005RS003331     Document Type: Conference Paper

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