On a possible relationship between density depletions in the SAA region and storm-enhanced densities in the conjugate hemisphere

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 151-158

  Lin, C S ^a   Yeh, H C ^b   Chao, C K ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Convective electric field; Low latitude ionosphere; Magnetic anomaly density structures; South Atlantic anomaly; Storm enhanced density

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GEOMAGNETISM; IONOSPHERE; PLASMA SOURCES;

HEMISPHERE; MAGNETIC ANOMALY DENSITY STRUCTURES; RETARDING POTENTIAL ANALYZER; STORM-ENHANCED DENSITY;

STORMS;

EID: 33846415773     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2006.07.013     Document Type: Article

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