Dynamics of high-latitude patches and associated small-scale irregularities during the October and November 2003 storms

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 879-888

  De Franceschi, Giorgiana ^a   Alfonsi, Lucilla ^a   Romano, Vincenzo ^a   Aquino, Marcio ^b   Dodson, Alan ^b   Mitchell, Cathryn N ^c   Spencer, Paul ^c   Wernik, Andrzej W ^d  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^d Borowiec Astrogeodynamic Observatory   (Poland)

Author keywords

GPS; Ionospheric scintillations; Plasma dynamics; Polar patches

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; GEOMAGNETISM; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IONIZATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SCINTILLATION; STORMS;

IONOSPHERIC PLASMA; IONOSPHERIC SCINTILLATION; MULTI-INSTRUMENT DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEM; PLASMA DYNAMICS; TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 41549103709     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2007.05.018     Document Type: Article

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