Thunderstorm-associated responses in the vertical motion of the mid-latitude F-region ionosphere

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 787-793

  Kumar, V V ^a   Parkinson, M L ^a   Dyson, P L ^a   Burns, G B ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mid latitude ionosphere; Superposed epoch analysis; Thunderstorm ionosphere coupling

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVES; AURORAL ELECTROJET INDICES; CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING; DIGISONDE; DOPPLER VELOCITY; ELECTRICAL GENERATORS; IONISATION; IONOSPHERIC VARIABILITY; MID-LATITUDE IONOSPHERE; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; SMALL COMPONENTS; SUPERPOSED EPOCH ANALYSIS; THERMOSPHERIC WINDS; VERTICAL MOTIONS;

CLOUDS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR WIND; THUNDERSTORMS;

LIGHTNING;

EID: 67349103728     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2009.03.021     Document Type: Article

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