Equinoctial asymmetry of a low-latitude ionosphere-thermosphere system and equatorial irregularities: Evidence for meridional wind control

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2027-2034

  Maruyama, T ^a   Saito, S ^a,c   Kawamura, M ^a   Nozaki, K ^a,d   Krall, J ^b   Huba, J D ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Electric Navigation Research Institute   (Japan)

^d Telecom Engineering Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Ionosphere atmosphere interactions; Ionospheric irregularities); Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (Thermospheric dynamics)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; IONOSPHERE; THERMOSPHERE; WIND VELOCITY; ZONAL WIND;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 67649548766     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-2027-2009     Document Type: Article

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