Distributing space weather monitoring instruments and educational materials worldwide for IHY 2007: The AWESOME and SID project

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1777-1785

  Scherrer, Deborah ^a   Cohen, Morris ^b   Hoeksema, Todd ^a   Inan, Umran ^b   Mitchell, Ray ^a   Scherrer, Philip ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

IHY; Ionosphere; Remote sensing; Science education; Solar flares; Space weather

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; MAGNETOSPHERE; REMOTE SENSING; TEACHING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS; INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION; IONOSPHERIC DISTURBANCE; SCIENCE EDUCATION; SOLAR FLARE; SPACE WEATHER; SUDDEN IONOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES; THUNDERSTORM INTENSITIES;

STUDENTS;

EID: 54249094441     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.12.013     Document Type: Article

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