The ionospheric response in the Brazilian sector during the super geomagnetic storm on 20 November 2003

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 863-873

  Becker Guedes, F ^a   Sahai, Y ^a   Fagundes, P R ^a   Espinoza, E S ^b   Pillat, V G ^a   Lima, W L C ^c   Basu, Su ^d   Basu, Sa ^e   Otsuka, Y ^f   Shiokawa, K ^f   MacKenzie, E M ^g   Pi, X ^h   Bittencourt, J A ⁱ  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONAL MASS EJECTION; ELECTRON DENSITY; F REGION; GEOMAGNETIC STORM;

BRAZIL; PALMAS; PARANA; SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34248578764     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-863-2007     Document Type: Article

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