Low latitude ionosphere-thermosphere dynamics studies with inosonde chain in Southeast Asia

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1569-1577

  Maruyama, T ^a   Kawamura, M ^a   Saito, S ^a   Nozaki, K ^a   Kato, H ^a   Hemmakorn, N ^b   Boonchuk, T ^b   Komolmis, T ^c   Ha Duyen, C ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KING MONGKUT'S INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LADKRABANG   (Thailand)

^c CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d GRADUATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; THERMOSPHERE;

ASIA; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; MALAY PENINSULA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES; THAILAND; VIET NAM;

EID: 34547626979     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-1569-2007     Document Type: Article

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