Response of the ionosphere to super geomagnetic storms: Observations and modeling

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 548-555

  Vijaya Lekshmi, D ^a   Balan, N ^b   Vaidyan, V K ^a   Alleyne, H ^b   Bailey, G J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geomagnetic storms; Ionospheric models; Ionospheric storms

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC PROSPECTING; PLASMA TURBULENCE;

ELECTRIC FIELD SHIFTS; EQUATORIAL REGIONS; GEOMAGNETIC STORMS; IONOSPHERIC MODELS; IONOSPHERIC STORMS;

IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT;

EID: 38149116088     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.08.029     Document Type: Article

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