Generation of the lower-thermospheric vertical wind estimated with the EISCAT KST radar at high latitudes during periods of moderate geomagnetic disturbance

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1491-1505

  Oyama, S ^a,b   Watkins, B J ^b   Maeda, S ^c   Shinagawa, H ^d   Nozawa, S ^a   Ogawa, Y ^e   Brekke, A ^f   Lathuillere, C ^g   Kofman, W ^g  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c KYOTO WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^g LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOMETER; THERMOSPHERE; WIND VELOCITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 45149130949     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-1491-2008     Document Type: Article

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