More evidence for a planetary wave link with midlatitude E region coherent backscatter and sporadic E layers

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1182-1196

  Voiculescu, M ^a   Haldoupis, C ^b   Pancheva, D ^c   Ignat, M ^d   Schlegel, K ^e   Shalimov, S ^f  

^a DUNAREA DE JOS UNIVERSITY OF GALATI   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^f SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (ionosphere irregularities; midlatitude ionosphere); Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (waves and tides)

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543110428     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005850000261     Document Type: Article

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