On the seasonal variations of the threshold height for the occurrence of equatorial spread F during solar minimum and maximum years

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 855-861

  Manju, G ^a   Devasia, C V ^a   Sridharan, R ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

F REGION; HEIGHT; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR ACTIVITY; THERMOSPHERE; THRESHOLD;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KERALA; SOUTH ASIA; THIRUVANANTHAPURAM;

EID: 34248571538     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-855-2007     Document Type: Article

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