Regional response of the mesosphere-lower thermosphere dynamics over Scandinavia to solar proton events and geomagnetic storms in late October 2003

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1075-1094

  Pancheva, D ^a   Singer, W ^b   Mukhtarov, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Geomagnetic storm; Mesospheric dynamics; Solar proton event; Winds and tides

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GEOMAGNETISM; RADAR MEASUREMENT; STORMS; TIDES; WIND;

GEOMAGNETIC STORMS; MESOSPHERE-LOWER THERMOSPHERE (MLT) DYNAMICS; MESOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; SOLAR ACTIVITY STORMS; SOLAR PROTON EVENTS (SPES);

METEOROLOGY;

EID: 34249785647     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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