Equatorial spread F and sporadic E-layer connections during the Brazilian Conjugate Point Equatorial Experiment (COPEX)

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 1133-1143

  Batista, Inez S ^a   Abdu, M A ^a   Carrasco, A J ^b   Reinisch, B W ^c   de Paula, E R ^a   Schuch, N J ^a   Bertoni, F ^d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Electric fields and currents; Equatorial ionosphere; Ionospheric irregularities; Sporadic E layer

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GEOMAGNETISM;

EQUATORIAL ELECTRIC FIELD; EQUATORIAL IONOSPHERE; FIELD LINE CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNETIC EQUATOR;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 44649168863     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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