Atmosphere-Ionosphere coupling observed over the dip equatorial MLTI region through the quasi 16-day wave

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Vineeth, C ^a   Pant, Tarim Kumar ^a   Devasia, C V ^a   Sridharan, R ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DAMPING; GEOMAGNETISM; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC-IONOSPHERE COUPLING; MESOSPHERE LOWER THERMOSPHERE IONOSPHERE (MLTI); PLANETARY WAVE ACTIVITY;

GEOPHYSICS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; COUPLING; ELECTROJET; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MESOPAUSE; PERIODICITY; PLANETARY WAVE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 38849168116     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030010     Document Type: Article

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