Electrodynamics of the equatorial F-region ionosphere during pre-sunrise period

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-111

  Prabhakaran Nayar, S R ^a   Mathew, T J ^a   Sreehari, C V ^a   Sumod, S G ^a   Devasia, C V ^b   Ravindran, S ^b   Sreeja, V ^b   Kumar Pant, T ^b   Sridharan, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

^b INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Electric fields and currents; Equatorial ionosphere; Ionospheric disturbances)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODYNAMICS; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; IONOSPHERE; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

EID: 58149333675     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-107-2009     Document Type: Article

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