Longitudinal variation of F region electron density and thermospheric zonal wind caused by atmospheric tides

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 16, 2007, Pages

  Lühr, Hermann ^a   Häusler, Kathrin ^a   Stolle, Claudia ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; F REGION; IONIZATION; WIND;

EQUATORIAL IONIZATION ANOMALY (EIA); THERMOPSHERIC ZONAL WIND; ZONAL DELTA-WIND;

METEOROLOGY;

ELECTRON DENSITY; F REGION; IONIZATION; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; THERMOSPHERE; WIND DIRECTION; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 35948984112     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030639     Document Type: Article

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