Terdiurnal tidelike variability in sporadic e layers

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Haldoupis, Christos ^a   Pancheva, Dora ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; DIURNAL VARIATION; E REGION; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; PERIODICITY; THERMOSPHERE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 33947534841     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011522     Document Type: Article

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