The effect of non-migrating tides on the morphology of the equatorial ionospheric anomaly: Seasonal variability

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 493-503

  England, Scott L ^a   Zhang, Xiaoli ^b   Immel, Thomas J ^a   Forbes, Jeffrey M ^b   DeMajistre, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric tides; Equatorial ionization anomaly; Equatorial ionosphere

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; F REGION; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; IONIZATION; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 64949133201     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03353166     Document Type: Conference Paper

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