Seasonal dependence of the "forecast parameter" based on the EIA characteristics for the prediction of Equatorial Spread F (ESF)

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1751-1757

  Thampi, S V ^a,b   Ravindran, S ^a   Pant, T K ^a   Devasia, C V ^a   Sridharan, R ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; FORECASTING METHOD; IONIZATION; PREDICTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 46149117303     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-1751-2008     Document Type: Article

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