Perturbations of the upper atmosphere in the cleft region

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 2374-2380

  Prölss, Gerd W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cleft cusp region; Ionospheric perturbation; Polar upper atmosphere; Thermospheric perturbation

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; IONS; OXYGEN; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATOMIC OXYGEN DENSITIES; CLEFT/CUSP REGION; DISTURBANCE EFFECTS; ELECTRON DENSITIES; ION DRIFTS; ION TEMPERATURES; ION VELOCITIES; IONOSPHERIC PERTURBATION; MASS DENSITIES; NEUTRAL GAS TEMPERATURES; NEUTRAL GASSES; PARTICLE PRECIPITATIONS; POLAR REGIONS; POLAR UPPER ATMOSPHERE; SATELLITE DATUMS; THERMOSPHERIC PERTURBATION; UPFLOW VELOCITIES; WIND FLOWS; ZONAL WINDS;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 56549127132     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2008.06.017     Document Type: Article

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