Equatorial spread-F initiation: Post-sunset vortex, thermospheric winds, gravity waves

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 17-18, 2007, Pages 2416-2427

  Kudeki, Erhan ^a   Akgiray, Ahmed ^a   Milla, Marco ^a   Chau, Jorge L ^b   Hysell, David L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Current systems; Equatorial ionosphere; Ionospheric dynamics; Ionospheric irregularities; Plasma waves and instabilities

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; GRAVITY WAVES; PLASMA WAVES; VORTEX FLOW; WIND EFFECTS;

EQUATORIAL IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; IONOSPHERIC IRREGULARITIES;

F REGION;

EID: 36148992253     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2007.04.012     Document Type: Article

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