Effects of solar activity variations on the low latitude topside nighttime ionosphere

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 626-633

  Park, S M ^a   Kim, H ^a   Min, S ^b   Park, J ^a   Lee, J H ^c   Kil, H ^d   Paxton, L J ^d   Su, S Y ^e   Lee, J ^a   Min, K W ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b The Park School of Baltimore   (United States)

^c Korea Science Academy   (South Korea)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Low latitude region; Scale height; Solar activity; Topside ionosphere

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACE SURVEILLANCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

LOW LATITUDE REGIONS; OXYGEN ION FRACTION; SCALE HEIGHTS; SOLAR ACTIVITIES; SOLAR EUV FLUX; TOPSIDE IONOSPHERES;

IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT;

EID: 44949166834     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.11.031     Document Type: Article

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