Model simulation of the equatorial electrojet in the Peruvian and Philippine sectors

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 2203-2211

  Fang, T W ^a,b   Richmond, A D ^a   Liu, J Y ^b   Maute, A ^a   Lin, C H ^c   Chen, C H ^b   Harper, B ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Equatorial electrojet; Magnetic perturbations; Seasonal and solar activity variation; TIE GCM

Indexed keywords

E REGION; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETISM; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION;

DRIFT VELOCITIES; ELECTRON DENSITIES; EQUATORIAL ELECTROJET; EQUATORIAL ELECTROJETS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MAGNETIC EQUATORS; MAGNETIC PERTURBATIONS; MODEL SIMULATIONS; SEASONAL AND SOLAR ACTIVITY VARIATION; SOLAR ACTIVITIES; TIE-GCM; VARIATIONS OF;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 56349140136     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2008.04.021     Document Type: Article

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