Intra-annual variability of the low-latitude ionosphere due to nonmigrating tides

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 18, 2008, Pages

  Pedatella, Nicholas M ^a   Forbes, J M ^a   Oberheide, J ^b  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; IONOSPHERE; PLASMA DENSITY; TIDES;

ANNUAL VARIABILITIES; DENSITY MEASUREMENTS; DIURNAL TIDES; IN-SITU; LOCAL TIMES; NONMIGRATING TIDES; SOLAR THERMALS; ZONAL WAVENUMBER; ZONAL WINDS;

IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ELECTRON DENSITY; F REGION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; IONOSPHERE; PLASMA; SATELLITE DATA; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WAVE PROPAGATION; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 57849117992     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035332     Document Type: Article

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